Beaufort, South Carolina

Beaufort National Cemetery

With the National Cemetery Act of 1863 Abraham Lincoln established this cemetery for soldiers who died in the Civil War. Of the 7,500 Civil War soldiers buried here, 117 are Confederate. In the 1870s the Union Soldiers monument was erected to honor the 174

Fall Festival Of Houses & Gardens

Pritchards Island & Center For Coastal Ecology

Owned by the University of South Carolina Beaufort, Pritchards Island is a remote barrier island located between Hilton Head and Hunting Island State Park. Accessible only by boat, overnight visitors are accomodated at the modern and fully equipped "Phillip Rhodes Barrier Island Research Facility"

Kaleidoscope: Film, Food & Fine Arts Festival

The Beaufort Kaleidoscope: Film, Food &

Fort San Felipe, Santa Elena, Charlesfort & San Marcos

The Santa Elena/Charlesfort site traces the history of early European settlement of Parris Island and South Carolina. The site covers the 1562 French settlement known as Charlesfort and the 1566-1587