The Battle of Fort Moultrie by John Blake White ca 1826. Tomorrow is the 250th anniversary of this battle which is a pivotal event in South Carolina history and still celebrated on Carolina Day.
250 years ago on this date South Carolina troops and Continentals from North Carolina and Virginia were working frantically to finish a fort of palmetto logs and sand on Sullivan’s Island while the British were scouting the area. In a few days they would face each other in battle.
I’m a numbers guy and Tuesdays GOP primary led me down some rabbit holes. Here’s the wildest statistic I’ve discovered thus far.
South Carolina’s total population growth last year was 79,958. Fastest growth rate in America. Our natural population growth (births minus deaths) was plus 564. Wild eyed southern boys and their better halves native to South Carolina ain’t having anywhere near enough babies to keep the state I love “southern”. Not even close. As the great philosophic poet Bob Dylan proclaimed, “the times they are a-changin”.
When I watch old footage of the hill looking like this, I am reminded of 3 things:
1. The northerners have destroyed Clemson's culture.
2. Clemson students/fans no longer care to play a factor in the games.
3. Fire marshalls suck.
@WKS_Agronomist@FurkanGozukara Glyphosate is less toxic to humans than nicotine, caffeine and table salt.
Besides farmers spray wheat with Paraquat not Glyphosate to prepare for harvest. Works faster.
Tomorrow, while the US govt is committing war crimes in your name, remember this:
In an 1866 letter to Lord Acton, Robert E. Lee wrote “the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home”