Events

The Horry County Museum and The AVX Foundation present a program by Elizabeth Robertson Huntsinger on Saturday, October 27th, on local ghost stories and superstitions.

Celebrate Halloween with local author and storyteller Elizabeth Robertson Huntsinger as she weaves together superstitions and tales from Lucas Bay to Georgetown and the Lowcountry. Hear about the Revolutionary British soldier who died on the stairs in Georgetown, and another British soldier who lost his head in Wedgefield and still searches for it today. Learn the antebellum stories of the Young Plantation on the north shore of Winyah Bay, the Grey Man of Pawleys Island, the Witch of Pawleys and Dr. Tucker of Litchfield and hear Lowcountry superstitions, including one that relates to playing the fiddle.

Experience life on the one horse family farm in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us for Wash Day on Tuesday, October 30th from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM. In addition to the regular washing of clothes using a scrub board and wash pot, staff will demonstrate how to make lye soap. A free, hour long, guided tour of the farm will be available to the public starting at 3:00 PM.

The 2018 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Ghosts & Legends Vol. III., part of the Carolina Stories Series produced by SCETV.

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.”

Experience life on the “one horse farm” in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on November 1st from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM for a cooking demonstration on the wood burning stove. Many farms in Horry County had a patch of sugar cane that they would use to make cane syrup. Join us to see some the ways that this product was used then and learn how it can still be enjoyed today.

Experience life on the “one horse farm” in Horry County from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Join us on November 3rd from 9:30 AM-10:30 AM to learn about seasonal produce on the farm. This month, farm staff will discuss harvesting sugar cane. Although it was not a cash crop in Horry County, sugar cane was grown on many family farms for personal use and would be harvested beginning in late October and November.

The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a lecture by Fielding Freed on Saturday, November 3rd, on grunt gear of the Vietnam War.

A grunt once said that with all the gear on his back he felt like a turtle and moved about as quickly. This hands-on program will show some of the gear used and carried by soldiers and Marines during the Vietnam War. Understanding some of the physical demands of jungle warfare starts with the equipment carried by our troops. Historian Fielding Freed will show and discuss original examples including rations, field gear, headgear, uniforms, and the all-important back pack radio used during Vietnam. Veterans and their families are encouraged to attend.

The 2018 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Men of Honor: Freddie Stowers & Alvin York.

This film follows the stories of two Medal of Honor recipients from World War I, Freddie Stowers, and Alvin York. Stowers, a native of South Carolina, was a corporal and squad leader who was killed in action wile leading an assault that helped to break the German line in northern France. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 1991, and became the first African-American soldier to receive the award in World War I. Also a corporal in the US Army, York went from being a conscientious objector to war hero when he captured more than one hundred German prisoners of war in combat.