Archive for 2014

16 results.
Mar '1411
by Dan Conover   Posted In : Conservation Action, Education, Farms, History, Land Use, NoRecent

Growing a New Johns Island
Interview with Bill Saunders

As an 18-year-old combat veteran just home from Korea in the early 1950s, Bill Saunders returned to a hostile Jim Crow South and the harsh realization that he’d been wounded fighting for someone else’s freedom while the men and women […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mar '1410
by Dan Conover   Posted In : Conservation Action, Education, Farms, History, Land Use, NoRecent

Growing a New Johns Island
Conserve & Grow

Conserve: Protect something, especially of environmental or cultural importance, from harm or destruction. Prevent the wasteful overuse of a resource. Oxford Dictionary Our natural landscape: Forest, marsh and water John’s Island has long been overlooked by outsiders as a rural […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mar '149
by Dan Conover   Posted In : Conservation Action, Education, Farms, History, Land Use, Popular Posts

Growing a New Johns Island
Introduction

The future of Johns Island is being written now. Without the participation and leadership of its people, what we get tomorrow may little resemble what we love today. In that spirit, over the last two years, the Johns Island Conservancy […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mar '147
by Colin   Posted In : History, History, Island at War

The Battle of Haulover Cut

Charleston was a major theatre of operations during the Civil War. The fighting in the lowcountry 150 years ago in 1863 and 1864 was especially intense. This series of articles describes some of those actions that took place on Johns […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mar '143
by Colin   Posted In : Education, Events, History

A Conversation About Civil Rights

A Panel Discussion for Black History Month   The Johns Island Conservancy and the St Johns Parish Rotary Club are sponsoring a panel discussion for Black History month.   “A Conversation About Civil Rights” will be held at the Johns […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jan '1431
by Colin   Posted In : Education, History, Land Use, Popular Posts

Johns Island at the Crossroads

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