ALT Fort Moultrie brochure Cover

ALT Closing We will be closed today for Staff Development.

ALT The lions Sol and Edgar are sitting on a blue couch at the State Library. In between them is a copy of “Dorchester-on-the-Ashley”.

ALT A photo of Fort Moultrie National Historical Park on Sullivan's Island. The photo features the fort and few palmetto trees around the fort.

ALT On June 28, 1776, William Moultrie defended Fort Sullivan from British General Henry Clinton during the Battle of Sullivan’s Island. The Battle of Sullivan’s Island was a patriot victory, and afterward, the fort was renamed to Fort Moultrie by the South Carolina General Assembly in honor of William Moultrie. The first fort was constructed of palmetto logs and sand. Years after the American Revolution, the fort went through periods of rebuilding. In 1885, the fort was again modernized with new concrete and steel batteries, and the old fort became a part of the Fort Moultrie Military Reservation. Today, Fort Moultrie has been restored to show the major periods in history from 1809 to 1947.

ALT Book Recommendations American Revolution Roster, Fort Sullivan, 1776-1780; Battle of Fort Sullivan: Events Leading to First Decisive Victory by Daughters of the American Revolution Fort Sullivan Chapter Crescent Moon Over Carolina: William Moultrie and American Liberty by C.L. Bragg Partisans and Redcoats: The Southern conflict that Turned the Tide of the American Revolution by Walter Edgar

ALT The lions Sol and Edgar are sitting on a blue couch at the State Library. In between them is an iPad and on the screen is the Legislative Audit Council digital collection.

ALT Kings Mountain National Military Park booklet Cover

ALT Black and White photo of patrons of all ages checking out books from a bookmobile.

ALT Speaker at the Center Upcoming Events June 16 - Len Lawson Poet and Author of New Names for Stars, accompanied by poet Miho Kinnas and author Kathleen Nalley June 18 - Tom Elmore Presents the Swamp Fox in Media

ALT The lions Sol and Edgar are sitting on a blue couch at the State Library. In between them is a copy of “document name”.

ALT June Events 6/3 Support Novel Studies with Gale In Context 6/10 Preventing the Summer Slide for K-5th Graders - Provided by SC Discus 6/16 Speaker at the Center: Len Lawson 6/18 Speaker at the Center: Tom Elmore 6/24 Quarterly State Documents Training: SCSL Acquisition of State Agency Publications 6/27 American Battleground: South Carolina's Revolution Exhibit Opening at the State Museum

ALT We Are Hiring We have a position open at the South Carolina State Library. Join the SCSL Team! Help Desk Administrator

ALT The lions Sol and Edgar are sitting on a blue couch at the State Library. In between them is an iPad and on the screen is the SC Department of Insurance digital collection.

ALT The lions Sol and Edgar are looking at the Revolutionary War in South Carolina map.

ALT Illustration of Brigadier General Thomas Sumter 1734-1832

ALT The Fighting Gamecock Thomas Sumter joined the provincial militia at the outbreak of the French and Indian War. In 1761, Sumter was selected to participate in a diplomatic mission to the Cherokee nation and escorted an Indian delegation to London the following year. Thomas Sumter earned his nickname, the “Fighting Gamecock,” after he formed a guerrilla band of military men in the Revolution and used fierce, relentless, and aggressive fighting tactics against the British soldiers and their leader, Banastre Tarleton, in the Carolinas. Sumter served in the General Assembly, the US House of Representatives, and the US Senate. He was the last surviving American general of the Revolution, dying in 1832 at the age of 97.

ALT Book Recommendations “Thomas Sumter ”by Anne King Gregorie “Gamecock: The Life and Campaigns of General Thomas Sumter” by Robert D. Bass “The Fighting Gamecock” by Idella Bodie

ALT The lions Sol and Edgar are playing a South Carolina Trivia board game.

ALT The lions Sol and Edgar are sitting on a blue couch at the State Library. In between them is an iPad and on the screen is the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room digital collection.