On March 3-4, 1960, members of the Florence Youth branch of the NAACP staged protest demonstrations here at the former S.H. Kress store. Wilson H.S. students marched from
Trinity Baptist Church to sit at the store's lunch counter, . . . — — Map (db m209477) HM
This Folk Victorian house, with pierced brackets and fretwork on its two-tiered porch, was built ca. 1895 for William Thomas Askins (1859-1932). Askins, a merchant and farmer, built and operated five stores here beginning in the 1890s, including . . . — — Map (db m103915) HM
Roseville Plantation was established by a royal grant before the American Revolution and a house was built here ca. 1771 for the Dewitt family. Richard Brockinton (d. ca. 1843), planter and state representative, purchased Roseville in 1821. Most of . . . — — Map (db m37327) HM
Dedicated to the Men and Women of Florence County who answered the call of America in World War II *and* In memory of those who gave their young lives for God and Country Placed by The United Daughters of the Confederacy of Florence, South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m52255) HM
In 1903 Noah parks built this house for his family shotly after his brother George Parks constructed the General Merchandise Store.
In November of 1908 Noah Parks contracted a fatal illness and died, leaving his widow Mildred and seven children . . . — — Map (db m226359) HM
During the Civil War, the Confederate Navy operated a large and well-guarded shipyard on the east bank of the Great Pee Dee River at Mars Bluff. The largest vessel constructed at the site was the 150 ft. wooden gunboat CSS Peedee, built to . . . — — Map (db m291922) HM
Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori
In Memory of the Service Men
From Florence County, South Carolina
Who gave their lives in the World War
1914 – 1918
To The End That Liberty
Should not perish from the Earth
White . . . — — Map (db m149858) WM
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This school, often called Retreat Colored School, was built in 1923 for the African-American students in and near Westminster. A two-room, two-teacher, elementary school, it was built by local builder William Walker Bearden of . . . — — Map (db m53235) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
