Posts Tagged ‘Famous people’

Happy Birthday Robert Smalls!

Monday, April 5th, 2010

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Congressman Robert Smalls

April 5, 1839 -February 23, 1915

Upcoming and Recent Exhibitions

Penn Center - South Carolina

Museum of African American History - Boston, MA

Brooklyn Public Library - New York

Any take a sneak peek into his home, a historic landmark, in Beaufort

(from 2008)

Robert Smalls to Be Inducted into Hall of Fame in SC

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

On Tuesday, February 9th (10:30am), Congressman Robert Smalls will be posthumously inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame.  The ceremony will be held at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. It is free and open to the public.  His portrait will hang in the gallery in the convention center lobby where the S.C. Hall of Fame is located.

The Confederation of S.C. Local Historical Societies selected Congressman Smalls for this honor.  For the first time, the public was also allowed to place nominations.