Posted by Carter Hudgins, Interim Director of Preservation/Site Archaeologist 10/28: Day 2 began with a tour of the main house. Under the guidance of interpreters Joe Mester and Kate Ruhf, participants learned about the…
Read MorePosted by Carter Hudgins, Interim Director of Preservation/Site Archaeologist 10/27: Today, Drayton Hall’s Archaeological Institute hit the ground digging! Participants Brandie Dunning, Terry Satterfield, Ray Satterfield, Shelby Nelson, Stan Younce…
Read MoreWhat did Drayton Hall really look like originally? Is a newly discovered watercolor, dated to the mid-1700’s, truly accurate? Expert and amateur archaeologists will be searching out the answers to these…
Read MoreThis September marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Richmond Bowens (1908-1998), a seventh generation descendant of people who, according to family history, were brought as slaves from Barbados to Charleston in the…
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