Unveil the Dr. Carl Freeman, Jr. Archival Room
2023-08-26 13:00 UTC | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Dr. Carl Freeman, Jr. was a longtime resident and educator in Horry County. His talents reached from artist, to furniture maker, woodcarver, musician, composer, gardener and plant breeder, to antique and art collecting. Upon his death, he bequeathed the contents of his house to the Horry County Museum to be utilized in the manner that best suited the Museum’s needs. In recognition of his generous donation, the Horry County Museum is pleased to announce the unveiling of the Dr. Carl Freeman, Jr. Archival Room on Saturday, August 26th at 1 PM. The event will include a performance in the McCown Auditorium featuring piano music arranged and written by Dr. Freeman.
“We are grateful for Dr. Freeman’s generosity and are excited to continue his legacy of education through the creation of an Archival Room” said Walter Hill, Director of the Horry County Museum. “We invite members of the public to attend this celebration and join us in recognizing Dr. Freeman’s lasting contribution to the Museum.”
Admission is free to the August 26th event. The McCown Auditorium is located on the campus of the Horry County Museum at 805 Main Street in Conway. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

South Carolina Hall of Fame Film Series produced by SCETV
2023-08-30 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with an installment of the South Carolina Hall of Fame Film Series produced by SCETV, featuring part two of inductees from the late 20th Century.
Established in 1973, The South Carolina Hall of Fame, located in Myrtle Beach, inducts one deceased and one contemporary honoree each year. It is by law the “official” Hall of Fame for South Carolina. There are nearly 100 members of the South Carolina Hall of Fame, each of whom has made outstanding contributions to South Carolina’s heritage, history, and progress.
Part two of late 20th century inductees includes Cardinal Bernardin, Jasper Johns, Ernest Finney, Richard Riley, Charles Duke, Ronald McNair, and Charles Bolden.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, August 30th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2023. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycountysc.gov.

Closed
2023-09-02 | SC

When Rice Was King. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV
2023-09-06 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with When Rice Was King. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, this film tells the story of how rice became a major cash crop in South Carolina. The cultivation of rice in South Carolina began in the late 1600s. By the time of the American Revolution, it had created the largest concentration of wealth in the American colonies. The knowledge and labor of slaves from Africa’s Windward Coast were major factors in the making of this wealth. However, South Carolina’s rice culture experienced heavy tolls due to the Civil War, emancipation and hurricanes. The economic and social impact of the state’s rice culture created a legacy that remains today.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, September 6th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2023. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Free Children’s Program at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2023-09-09 09:00 - 11:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us Saturday, September 9th for a free 30 minute activity at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited. Children will learn about the importance of homemade soap on the family farm. Participants will also have a chance to make their own melt and pour soap to take home!
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycountysc.gov . Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM and is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526.

Horry County Museum Lecture Series: Peter Horry
2023-09-09 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum presents a lecture by Marian Calder on Saturday, September 9th on Peter Horry. Many of us have heard of Francis Marion thanks to the romanticized stories by Parson Weems. But what about the man who served with him and for whom Horry County is named? Join us to learn more about Peter Horry, his role in the Revolutionary War, and beyond.
Marian Calder is the Assistant Director for the Horry County Museum. She received her Bachelor’s degree in History from Coker College in 2007. In 2011, she began working full time with the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm. In addition to her membership in various museum organizations, Calder currently serves on committees for the Palmetto Archives, Libraries, and Museums Council on Preservation, the Waccamaw Market Cooperative Board and the South Carolina Federation of Museums.
The lecture will be held in the Museum’s McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. For more information about programs for 2023, visit the museum website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Finding Clovis
2023-09-13 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Finding Clovis. This 30 minute film takes viewers on an archeological adventure at the Topper dig site in Allendale County, South Carolina. Famous for Clovis and pre-Clovis artifacts, there is evidence that may support the theory that a comet suddenly wiped out the Clovis culture 13,000 years ago. World renowned scientists offer their opinions about these significant first Americans, where they came from, how they lived, and what may have been their fate.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, September 13th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2023. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Free Children’s Program at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2023-09-16 09:00 - 11:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us Saturday, September 16th for a free 30 minute activity at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited. Children will learn about indigo as a cash crop in South Carolina. They’ll also design and dye their own small bag to take home.
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycountysc.gov . Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM and is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526.

Donald Kirkpatrick to give lecture on Fossils of the Pee Dee Region
2023-09-16 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum presents a lecture by Donald Kirkpatrick at 1:00 PM on September 16th on vertebrate fossils of the Late Cretaceous (Age of Dinosaurs) Period in the Pee Dee. Featuring fossils from his own collection, Mr. Kirkpatrick will discuss what areas he looks for fossils in, and the types that can be found in the Pee Dee. He will also discuss ongoing research on a variety of microfossils that can be found in the region. The public is invited to bring fossils from their personal collections, share stories of where they found their items and discuss what they may have.
Donald Kirkpatrick received a Bachelor of Science in Geology from James Madison University in 1979. During his junior year at JMU he was selected by the Smithsonian Institution to spend his senior year as a Museum Study Appointee to the U.S. National Museum of Natural History. Following his appointment, Kirkpatrick spent two years at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, taking graduate biology courses and researching fossil vertebrates. After serving in the U.S. Navy, Don recently retired from the Marion County School District where he taught for 20+ years. Kirkpatrick is a member of the National Association of Biology Teachers, the National Science Teachers Association, the National Center for Science Education, and the South Carolina Science Council. In addition to these educational associations, he is also a member of the South Carolina Academy of Science, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, and the Paleontological Research Institution.
The lecture will be held in the Museum’s McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. For more information about programs for 2023, visit the museum website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Chasing the Swamp Fox
2023-09-20 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Chasing the Swamp Fox. This film, part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, details Francis Marion’s partisan campaigns during the American Revolution in South Carolina and paints a mosaic of what life was like in those years and how Marion’s participation led to the birth of modern day guerilla warfare as well as the liberation of our country.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, September 20th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2023. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Free Children’s Program at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2023-09-23 09:00 - 11:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us Saturday, September 23rd for a free 30 minute activity at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited. Children will learn about the importance of electricity to rural farm families and conduct experiments using static and current electricity.
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycountysc.gov . Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM and is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526.

The Last Ride, Memories of the Myrtle Beach Pavilion
2023-09-27 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with the 30 minute film, The Last Ride, Memories of the Myrtle Beach Pavilion, part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV. For nearly 60 years, the Pavilion was synonymous with music, rides, and fun in the sun. Like a whirling dervish, it was a heady time at the popular beachfront hangout. Man-on-the-street conversations give viewers a glimpse back in time where teens cruised the strip and beach music ruled, providing momentum for South Carolina’s celebrated dance, “The Shag.”
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, September 27th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2023. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Free Children’s Program at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2023-09-30 09:00 - 11:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us Saturday, September 30th for a free 30 minute activity at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited. Children will learn about the different types of plants that Native Americans commonly used for traditional healing. They will learn what the plants were used for and will make a reference notebook using stamps of various plants.
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycountysc.gov . Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM and is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526.

The End of the Road Bluegrass Band to perform at the Horry County Museum
2023-09-30 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum presents a free traditional bluegrass concert by The End of the Road Bluegrass Band on Saturday, September 30th, at 1:00 PM. The End of the Road Bluegrass Band is a regional band based out of Conway, South Carolina. Formed in 2001, the band plays traditional bluegrass and bluegrass gospel music. They have performed in several venues and churches, including a monthly concert series held by the Rivertown Bluegrass Society and the Southeastern Bluegrass Association of SC. The band also performed at the first annual Sea Mountain Fiddlers Convention and Bluegrass Festival where they shared the stage with such bands as Alan Bibey & Grasstowne, Carolina Blue, and The Virginia Luthiers. Band members include Joe Hudson on guitar/vocals, Ron Mew on mandolin/vocals, Blake Marlowe on banjo/vocals, Dean Hudson on Bass/vocals, and Stephanie Sullivan on fiddle. For more information about The End of the Road Bluegrass Band, visit their website at www.endoftheroadbluegrass.com.
The concert will be held in the Museum’s McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. For more information about our programs, visit the museum website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

American Odyssey: The Voyage of Christopher Columbus
2023-10-04 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with American Odyssey: The Voyage of Christopher Columbus. Filmed on site in the Caribbean, this locally produced film is narrated by local author and historian Rod Gragg and features modern day footage, artwork, and historical images to tell the life and story behind the historic voyage that led to the discovery of the ‘new world’.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, October 4th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2023. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Peanut Boil at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2023-10-07 09:00 - 12:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Visitors of all ages are invited to join us Saturday, October 7th from 9 AM-12 PM at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm as we celebrate one of our favorite treats, the peanut! Learn about boiling peanuts and the importance of the peanut on the family farm. We’ll also have cooking demonstrations, activities for kids, and more!
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday-Saturday 9 AM-4 PM and teaches the history of the Horry County farm family from 1900-1955. The farm is free and open to the public and is located at the corner of Hwy 701 North and Harris Short Cut Road in Conway, SC. For more information, call the L. W. Paul Living History Farm at 843-915-5321 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

South Carolina Ghosts & Legends Vol. I
2023-10-11 13:00 - 13:30 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with South Carolina Ghosts & Legends Vol. I., part of the Carolina Stories Series produced by SCETV.
This 30 minute film tracks the legends and lore from South Carolina’s past in a haunting journey from the Old Exchange Dungeon in Charleston to the Abbeville Opera House in the Upstate. Search for the Lands End Ghost that walks the Carolina coast and maybe the most famous of all, the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, October 11th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2023. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Free Children’s Program at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2023-10-14 09:00 - 11:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us Saturday, October 14th for a free 30 minute activity at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited. Children will learn about the American Red Wolf, an animal native to South Carolina that is only found mostly in captivity today. We’ll also make a notebook comparing the red wolf to local foxes and coyotes.
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycountysc.gov . Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM and is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526.

Andrea DeMuth to speak on the American Red Wolf
2023-10-14 13:00 | SC
The Horry County Museum presents a lecture by Andrea DeMuth on Saturday, October 14th at 1 PM. Join us as she shares about red wolves, a wolf species native to South Carolina and the southeast region. DeMuth will also discuss the new exhibit, Red Wolf Ridge, featured at the Lowcountry Zoo at Brookgreen Gardens. DeMuth came to Brookgreen Gardens in 2006 and is currently the Vice President and Curator of Zoological Collections. She previously worked at Busch Gardens-Tampa in the zoo area, specializing in African ungulates, equid, and a variety of other animals.
The lecture will be held in the Museum’s McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. For more information about programs for 2023, visit the museum website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

South Carolina Ghosts & Legends Vol. II
2023-10-18 13:00 - 13:30 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with South Carolina Ghosts & Legends Vol. II. This 30 minute film takes a spine-tingling look at the Palmetto State’s ghosts, legends, and other chilling mysteries. From the scenic Upstate to the moss-canopied streets of the Coast, ETV goes on hair-raising jaunts through cemeteries, a college bell tower, a haunted railroad, and other fascinating sites, uncovering the stories that have captivated listeners for decades.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, October 18th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2023. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Free Children’s Program at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2023-10-21 09:00 - 11:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us Saturday, October 21st for a free 30 minute activity at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited. In this session, children will learn how archaeologists study people in the past. Participants will ‘dig’ through a box of discarded objects to classify and sort the items to determine what event may have taken place.
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycountysc.gov . Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM and is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526.

Grahame Long: Art of the Grave
2023-10-21 13:00 | SC
The Horry County Museum presents a lecture by Grahame Long on October 21st at 1 PM on the material culture of death in the Carolina Lowcountry. Mourning—sudden or not—was something with which the Charleston community continually dealt throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. As a result, an array of funerary and mourning goods and services were available. Although likely the saddest of cultural decorations, these mementos remain among the most communicative aspects of lives long gone.
As Director of Museums for Historic Charleston Foundation, Grahame Long leads all research, stewardship, interpretive and education initiatives at the Nathaniel Russell House and Aiken-Rhett House museums and serves as curator for the extensive collections therein. He has authored three books, published numerous articles and lectured extensively throughout the southeast on various topics concerning material culture, decorative arts and social histories of South Carolina.
The former chief curator for The Charleston Museum, he is the resident historian for the German Friendly Society, a member of the Mayor’s Walled City Task Force and an honorary member of the Washington Light Infantry. He is a volunteer curator for The Citadel Archives and Museum and works as a historical consultant for the U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal.
The program will begin at 1:00 pm in the McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

South Carolina Ghosts & Legends Vol. III
2023-10-25 13:00 - 13:30 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with South Carolina Ghosts & Legends Vol. III. This 30 minute film explores two famous ghosts with roots on Pawley’s Island, “The Gray Man” and “Alice of the Hermitage.” The program also investigates “Bubba the Ghost” at the South Carolina State Museum and the ghosts of the University of South Carolina’s Longstreet Theatre. The Carolina Stories crew travels to Charleston to unearth tales of buried treasure and other legendary pirate stories.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, October 25th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2023. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Corn & Costume Event at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2023-10-28 09:00 - 12:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re talking corn at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm! Visitors of all ages are invited to join us Saturday, October 28th from 9 AM until 12 PM to learn all about how corn was grown and used in our farm communities. Visitors can try their hand at shelling corn and learn about the different ways that corn would be cooked in the farmhouse. Kids are also invited to join in on historic corn themed activities! We’ll have a costume contest at 11:30, so parents, have your kids dressed like a farmer and be ready to tell us what their favorite crop grown in Horry County is and why!
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday-Saturday 9 AM-4 PM and teaches the history of the Horry County farm family from 1900-1955. The farm is free and open to the public and is located at the corner of Hwy 701 North and Harris Short Cut Road in Conway, SC. For more information, call the L. W. Paul Living History Farm at 843-915-5321 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.
For a full list of programs and events at the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

They Were Here: Ice Age Humans in South Carolina
2023-11-01 13:00 - 13:30 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with They Were Here: Ice Age Humans in South Carolina. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, this 30 minute film tells the story of a time when our climate was cooler and the plants and animals were much different than today. A time when great ice sheets covered the northern areas of what later became the United States. A time when early humans were coming to chert quarries in what is now Allendale County, South Carolina. This documentary covers the careful study and analysis of artifacts leading to evidence of a time when people inhabited South Carolina 15,000-20,000 years ago.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, November 1st, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2023. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Quilts of Valor Ceremony
2023-11-04 13:00 - 13:30 | SC
The public is invited to view a special Quilts of Valor presentation at the Horry County Museum. Quilts made especially for local veterans will be presented by Quilts of Valor members from the Conway Quilt Guild on Saturday, November 4th at 1 PM. The quilts to be awarded will be on display in the Museum beginning October 6th.
The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation (QOVF) is to cover all service members and veterans, touched by war, with a comforting and healing quilt. In 2003, Catherine Roberts, the founder of the QOVF, had a son deployed to Iraq. She struggled with how to stay busy and keep her mind busy while he was in harm’s way. One night, she had a dream where she saw a man sitting on the side of a bed, shaking. In her dream, a quilt was placed around his shoulders and he seemed to be comforted. As a nurse and quilter, Roberts then decided she would make and send quilts to Kandahar. Each stretcher that had a wounded veteran got a red, white and blue quilt placed on their stretcher. Since 2003, the foundation, now a national organization, has awarded over 300,000 quilts to veterans throughout the country.
To nominate a veteran for a Quilt of Valor, visit www.qovf.org.
This program is free and open to the public and will be held in the Museum’s McCown Auditorium, located at 805 Main Street in Conway, SC. To view a full list of programs at the Horry County Museum, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Soldier Stories: Valor in Vietnam
2023-11-08 13:00 - 13:30 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Soldier Stories: Valor in Vietnam. This locally produced film chronicles the common experiences of Americans in uniform during the Vietnam War through historic combat footage, period photography, and personal commentary by local Vietnam veterans and others.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, November 8th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2023. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Closed
2023-11-10 - 2023-11-11 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States

Born to Rebel, Driven to Excel
2023-11-15 13:00 - 13:30 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2023 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Born to Rebel, Driven to Excel. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, this 30 minute film biography tells the story of South Carolinian, Dr. Benjamin Mays.
Benjamin Mays, from Epworth, South Carolina, saw the racism and forced segregation of life around him and decided to challenge it with education and religion. Against the advice of his father, Mays pursued a formal education and rose to the top of his class, becoming Dean of Religion at Howard University, and later earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago. He became president of Morehouse College in 1940, and his influence on civil rights and education for the next three decades reached far and wide. He met with Mahatma Gandhi, led Atlanta’s desegregation effort, and convinced Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell to (secretly) sponsor students. He was mentor and spiritual father to Martin Luther King, Jr., who credited him as his inspiration for entering the ministry. King selected Mays to give his eulogy in the event of his death, a task Mays fulfilled. Interviewees include Andrew Young, Hank Aaron, Mays’ great niece Dr. Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, and Dr. Robert Franklin.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, November 15th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2023. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.

Syrup Day 2023
2023-11-18 09:00 - 12:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Syrup Day at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
A large part of farm life in Horry County involved old-fashioned syrup making. Each fall, sugar cane was gathered from the field and taken to a local cane mill where the juice was squeezed from the stalk. Cooking down the raw juice into sweet cane syrup became a celebration and gathering for the community and is a tradition that is carried on each year at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us at the Farm Saturday, November 18th from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm as staff and volunteers demonstrate the process of making cane syrup and a variety of other traditional activities including children’s games, cooking on a wood burning stove, and more!
This event is free and open to the public. The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road in Conway, SC. For more information, call (843) 915-5321 or e-mail hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov.
