June 5, 2009 RSS feed / News

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Abe Lincoln has a shifty legend

By Warner M. Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
Don Thacker, who has been a social work professional at the Veterans' Hospital since 1969, claims to have been a neighbor of Abraham Lincoln in Kentucky. So much for honesty in this story…unless Don is much older than he looks. More...

Happy 100th birthday, Mary R. Foster

By Anita Baker

Family and friends, including Mayor Bob Coble, gathered at the Finlay House to help Mary R. Foster celebrate her 100th birthday May 23, 2009. Foster was born in Denmark, SC on May 26, 1909, and has always lived in South Carolina. More...

Part 8: Commodore Gillon

By John Cely Congaree Land Trust cowasee@gmail.com

Nestled in the middle of an isolated woodland near the south bank of the Congaree River within the COWASEE Basin lies a simple granite marker to Alexander Gillon (1741- 1794), Commodore of the South Carolina Navy during the Revolutionary War. More...

It was a very good year

By Natasha Derrick

The Columbia Museum of Art had a banner year. At least that was the message given at the Columbia Art Association's 93rd annual meeting of membership held May 28. More...


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