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to Fund Fellowship The University of South Carolina’s Department of Anthropology is offering a new graduate fellowship that will focus on research of South Carolina’s historic military sites. Funded by the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust, the fellowship is for $10,000. The South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust Fellowship Fund is intended to support candidates whose research and career interests are devoted to preserving and protecting historic military sites. Applicants for the fellowship must submit a letter of intent and documentation of qualifications and must be accepted into the graduate program in USC’s Department of Anthropology. Recipients must complete a dissertation or thesis as well as a report and presentation to the SCBPT upon completion of their research. They will also present their findings to the public. If you would like to make a direct contribution to the SCBPT Fellowship Fund or learn more,contact Michael Taylor, Executive Director of the trust at 843-689-3223 or write the trust at PO Box 21781, Hilton Head Island, SC 29925. . |
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The
Morris Island Coalition By
Blake Hallman In
January 2004 a rudimentary roadway andwellhead were seen on Morris Island. This discovery led to research that revealed a development plan was being proposed for the historically significant barrier island and the plan called for twenty homes to be built on the Cummings Point portion of the island, ten times more than the current zoning allows. Concerned for the cultural and ecological impact that the development would have on Morris Island, two Executive Board members of the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust (Blake Hallman and Nora Kravec) were authorized by the trust’s board to begin the groundwork for what is now the Morris Island Coalition. A grassroots organization, the coalition held its first meeting February 6, 2004. The group’s mission is to stop the proposed rezoning of the island and to help raise the funds needed to purchase the island, which would then be donated to an appropriate organization or governmental agency. The simple mission statement of the Morris Island Coalition has attracted over 900 members including representatives from the Civil War Preservation Trust, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Sierra Club, the Surf Rider Foundation, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the Palmetto Battalion the S.C.V. Fort Moultrie and Secessionville Camps, the 37th Texas, the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League and the Folly Island Voter’s Association. Along with local, state, regional and national media attention, the coalition has been instrumental in convincing the councils for the City of Charleston and the towns of James, Seabrook, Folly and Sullivans Islands to pass resolutions against any incorporation of Morris Island into their municipalities. To learn more about the Morris Island Coalition, its goals and member organizations, log onto www.morrisisland.org. Blake Hallman is the Treasurer of the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust and is Chairman of the Morris Island Coalition. The SCBPT is a member of the coalition. . |
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