Charleston Currents – Lighthouse

MYSTERY PHOTO: Light and reflection

A reader sent in this phenomenal photo showing a South Carolina scene. Where is it? For bonus points, identify the particular event for this scene. Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our last Mystery Photo, “Historic photo,” showed the ruins of the Charleston Lighthouse on Morris Island in 1863. The photo was from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The Smithsonian Institution recently released millions of old pictures for public use and available for download through its website.

by Charleston Currents · 03/09/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

FOCUS: National Lighthouse Day is Aug. 4 on Sullivan’s Island

Staff reports | You can celebrate National Lighthouse Day on the grounds of the U,S, Coast Guard Historic District from noon to 4 p.m. on Aug. 4.

“We hope that people from the local communities and those from afar will come out and explore the grounds of the U.S. Coast Guard Historic District and learn about Charleston Light,” said Chief of Interpretation Paula Ogden-Muse.

Visitors may view exhibits in the historic life-saving station boathouse, according to a press release from the National Park Service. Activities for children include boat building and a special junior ranger activity to earn a badge. Additional exhibits will focus on water safety and lighthouse preservation.

by Andy Brack · 07/30/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

7/30, full issue: Lighthouse Day; Lynching markers; Literary Festival

IN THIS ISSUE of Charleston Currents #10.38 | July 30, 2018

FOCUS: Visit Sullivan’s Island Aug. 4 to celebrate National Lighthouse Day
COMMENTARY, Brack: Markers needed to remember victims of S.C. lynchings
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
GOOD NEWS: Literary festival lasts through Saturday, more
WHAT WE LOVE: Just about everything!
FEEDBACK: Whipper is a gift to us
MYSTERY PHOTO: This one should be easy
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lynching in South Carolina
CALENDAR, July 30+: Tax-free weekend is just days away

by Charleston Currents · 07/30/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

Lighthouse at Hunting Island State Park.

SC ENCYCLOPEDIA: South Carolina’s lighthouses

S.C. Encyclopedia | South Carolina’s 180-mile coastline is replete with bays, inlets, and harbors. To assist shipping and aid navigation, lighthouses and beacons have dotted the South Carolina coast for centuries. The earliest warning lights were probably bonfires lit to aid ships entering the harbor at Charleston. South Carolina’s first lighthouse, built in 1767, stood on Middle Bay Island (now a part of Morris Island) in the Charleston harbor.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 11/06/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Features, S.C. Encyclopedia

MYSTERY PHOTO: Ornate building near a marsh

Here’s a fairly ornate building with a marsh in the background that looks like it could be a small chapel. But it’s not. So what is it and where is it? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live. Please also write “Mystery Photo” in the subject line.

by Charleston Currents · 08/07/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Historic Spanish-style building, but where?

Here’s an interesting-looking South Carolina building constructed with a red tile roof that is generally found throughout Florida. What is the building and where is it? You get bonus points if you tell its historic significance. Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.

by Charleston Currents · 07/03/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

HISTORY: Lighthouses

by Charleston Currents · 04/03/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Features, S.C. Encyclopedia

MYSTERY: Marsh scene

Marsh scenes do something magical to calm your soul. Have you ever seen this view? If so, where is it? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.

by Andy Brack · 09/12/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY: Might remind you of a real lighthouse

The only hint about this week’s mystery by contributing photographer Michael Kaynard is that is somewhere on the Charleston peninsula. Recognize it? Send your best guess of where it is to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.

by Michael Kaynard · 09/05/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

REVIEW: Lighthouse

Lighthouse, by P.D. James, reviewed by Elliott Brack: “Starting to read a newly-purchased book, immediately the writing wasn’t interesting. The author didn’t keep me alert after a few pages. So I turned to a book I had for years, by the English mystery writer P.D. James. Immediately I was hooked with her ‘Lighthouse.’ “

by Charleston Currents · 05/30/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Features, Reviews