I spent quite a bit of time in SC when my brother was stationed at Charleston Naval Base. From the local perspective, HH was where the ‘rich’ Yankees went.
Piggly Wiggly is where the Blacks shopped and Publix was where the White people shopped. The Blacks lived out in the country usually along the ‘hard road ‘and White people lived in town in older established areas or brand new devolpments,and blacks lived in longstanding shanty towns, if they lived in town.To add to the historical aspect there were a couple ante -bellum mansions open for visitors. There seemed to be a social balance with everyone knowing his place, and staying in it comfortably,and people were super polite dealing with each other and strangers publically.
Wednesday nights are church nights for everyone and the clapboard small churches along Route 17 were filled with all Black congregations.The Protestant White churches were larger and seemed to be in town.There was always a catholic church somewhere but you had to ask around.Mass was heavily latino and Fillipino,and resembled a minority-based peoples church,which is what the RCC has become in many areas ..
The small public libraires in each town were very well attended,and I got new insight into how effective and important our free public library system is in each state.
I used to go directly to SC from Chicago and back,and it seemed like I was on a civil war movie set in SC. It’s like SC still a had a social framework of how I imagined the Old South. I’m sure had I gone to Hilton Head I would have felt right at home with the other northerners,and HH is top notch family -friendly but I would have enjoyed the exsperience less,and gotten fewer cultural insights.
SC and NC seemed hugely different culturally from each other ,and the recent election bore that out.
Moncks Corner and Summerville are two very interesting small towns in the area,each very different, but both very southern,if anyone is in the area and enjoys local atmospheres.Summerville seemed white-friendly and Moncks Corners seemed black- friendly, and it’s one of those thing you sense after time.
Go to the Longhorne steak house in Walterboro,SC for an unbelieveable southern-style all-you-can-eat pigout,including ribs, banana puddin’ and peach cobler. Just off I-95.
Summerville is a beautiful town. I helped my dad move a few different people there in my previous life. We even got to stay in one of the houses one night; as the family wouldn’t be there-and told us to stay. The house was filled with beutiful cypress floors and had a large great room.
I felt like Lord of the Manor for the night;-)
Of course it was also in Summerville that I learned just how bad a fire ant bite is-and I think I got my first case of chiggers there, too. Must be their way of “greeting” Yankees!
You can remind everyone down there that it was on this date in 1864 that Sherman told Lincoln he had a Christmas present for him-Charleston;-)
Of course you can then plan to get your Yankee butt out of there as quickly as possible!
Who told you that you were allowed to leave Lafayette?
Guess I forgot to get a pass before I left.
Enjoy your vacation, Doug! :)
“First In Treason”…
Now that’s funny!!!! :)
Sometimes I think it would be a good thing if we in the north were allowed to rethink that seccession question.
I spent quite a bit of time in SC when my brother was stationed at Charleston Naval Base. From the local perspective, HH was where the ‘rich’ Yankees went.
Piggly Wiggly is where the Blacks shopped and Publix was where the White people shopped. The Blacks lived out in the country usually along the ‘hard road ‘and White people lived in town in older established areas or brand new devolpments,and blacks lived in longstanding shanty towns, if they lived in town.To add to the historical aspect there were a couple ante -bellum mansions open for visitors. There seemed to be a social balance with everyone knowing his place, and staying in it comfortably,and people were super polite dealing with each other and strangers publically.
Wednesday nights are church nights for everyone and the clapboard small churches along Route 17 were filled with all Black congregations.The Protestant White churches were larger and seemed to be in town.There was always a catholic church somewhere but you had to ask around.Mass was heavily latino and Fillipino,and resembled a minority-based peoples church,which is what the RCC has become in many areas ..
The small public libraires in each town were very well attended,and I got new insight into how effective and important our free public library system is in each state.
I used to go directly to SC from Chicago and back,and it seemed like I was on a civil war movie set in SC. It’s like SC still a had a social framework of how I imagined the Old South. I’m sure had I gone to Hilton Head I would have felt right at home with the other northerners,and HH is top notch family -friendly but I would have enjoyed the exsperience less,and gotten fewer cultural insights.
SC and NC seemed hugely different culturally from each other ,and the recent election bore that out.
Moncks Corner and Summerville are two very interesting small towns in the area,each very different, but both very southern,if anyone is in the area and enjoys local atmospheres.Summerville seemed white-friendly and Moncks Corners seemed black- friendly, and it’s one of those thing you sense after time.
Go to the Longhorne steak house in Walterboro,SC for an unbelieveable southern-style all-you-can-eat pigout,including ribs, banana puddin’ and peach cobler. Just off I-95.
Summerville is a beautiful town. I helped my dad move a few different people there in my previous life. We even got to stay in one of the houses one night; as the family wouldn’t be there-and told us to stay. The house was filled with beutiful cypress floors and had a large great room.
I felt like Lord of the Manor for the night;-)
Of course it was also in Summerville that I learned just how bad a fire ant bite is-and I think I got my first case of chiggers there, too. Must be their way of “greeting” Yankees!