| South Carolina Hall of Fame
Located in the Hall of Fame Lobby at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center
2100 Oak Street, Myrtle Beach
Visitors welcome 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily Free
OVERVIEW
Hall of Fame, dedicated on February 11, 1973, by Governor John C. West,
was created to recognize and honor those contemporary and past citizens
who have made outstanding contributions to South Carolina's heritage and
progress. It is a nonprofit corporation conducted under a state charter.
The South Carolina Hall of Fame is located in the Myrtle Beach Convention
Center, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
An Honor Bestowed On A Worthy Few
PERSONS BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHO OBTAINED RECOGNITION ELSEWHERE AND
PERSONS BORN ELSEWHERE BUT WHO MADE THEIR HOME IN AND OBTAINED ESTEEM
AND RECOGNITION IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ARE ELIGIBLE FOR INDUCTION.
ONE CONTEMPORARY AND ONE DECEASED CITIZEN MAY BE INDUCTED INTO THE HALL
OF FAME ANNUALLY. THE CONFEDERATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA LOCAL HISTORICAL
SOCIETIES IS THE OFFICIAL ORGANIZATION FOR SELECTING NOMINEES FOR THE
HALL OF FAME. EACH OF THE CONFEDERATION'S 10 DISTRICTS SELECTS NOMINEES
- THUS PRESENTING 10 CONTEMPORARY AND 10 DECEASED NOMINEES TO THE JUDGING
BOARD ANNUALLY.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA HALL OF FAME IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION CONDUCTED
UNDER A STATE CHARTER AND IS FUNDED BY THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, THE
CITY OF MYRTLE BEACH AND THE MYRTLE BEACH AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
South Carolinians Leave An Indelible Mark In History
FROM SIGNING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TO LANDING ON THE MOON, THE
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE PLAYED A PART IN SOME OF THE
MOST MOMENTOUS EVENTS IN MODERN HISTORY.
EACH YEAR, TWO NOTABLE SOUTH CAROLINIANS ARE INDUCTED INTO THE SOUTH
CAROLINA HALL OF FAME LOCATED IN THE MYRTLE BEACH CONVENTION CENTER. THE
GALLANT PROCESSION OF STATESMEN, SCIENTISTS, ARTISTS, SOLDIERS, AND TEACHERS
IS REPRESENTED IN THE GALLERY OF COLOR PORTRAITS HUNG IN THE HALL OF FAME
LOBBY.
INDUCTEES INCLUDE PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON, AUTHOR ELIZABETH BOATWRIGHT
COKER, JAZZ LEGEND DIZZY GILLESPIE, PAINTER JASPER JOHNS, GEN. WILLIAM
C. WESTMORELAND, SENATOR J. STROM THURMOND, AND MORE THAN 40 OTHERS.
ASTRONAUT CHARLES M. DUKE, JR. ACTUALLY CARRIED A SOUTH CAROLINA FLAG
ON HIS JOURNEY TO THE MOON. A REPLICA OF THE FOOTPRINTS DUKE MADE ON THE
MOON IS EMBEDDED IN CONCRETE IN FRONT OF THE MYRTLE BEACH CONVENTION CENTER.
IN ADDITION TO THE PORTRAIT GALLERY, THE HALL OF FAME EXHIBIT INCLUDES
AN INTERACTIVE TOUCH SCREEN KIOSK FEATURING VIDEO MONITORS WHICH ALLOWS
VISITORS TO ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT EACH OF THE INDUCTEES. THE RECORDED
INTRODUCTION IS BY WALTER CRONKITE.
INDUCTEES
1973: Col. Charles M. Duke, Jr.
1974: John C. Calhoun, Dr. Will Lou Gray
1975: Dr. William S. Hall, Gen. Francis Marion
1976: Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton, Edward
Rutledge, Pierce
Butler, Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Rutledge
1977: Gen. Andrew Pickens
1978: Gen. Thomas Sumter, Dr. Charles H. Townes
1979: President Andrew Jackson, Dr. John R. Heller
1980: Wade Hampton III, Dr. Robert D. Bass
1981: Dr. Anne Austin Young, Robert Mills
1982: Sen. J. Strom Thurmond, James F. Byrnes
1983: Mary C. Simms Oliphant, Mary McLeod Bethune
1984: Archibald Rutlege, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays
1985: Anne Pamela Cunningham, Elliot White Springs, John Birks "Dizzy"
Gillespie
1986: Anna Hyatt Huntington, Gen. William C. Westmoreland
1987: James Louis Petigru, Donald Stuart Russell
1988: Thomas Green Clemson, Joseph Cardinal Bernadin
1989: Joel Roberts Poinsett, Jasper Johns
1990: Bernard Mannes Baruch, Maude Callen
1991: Henry Laurens, Anne Worsham Richardson
1992: William Gilmore Simms, Elizabeth Boatwright Coker
1993: Dr. James Marion Sims, Roger Milliken;
1994: Julia Mood Peterkin, Philip Simmons
1995: William Gregg, William Jennings Bryan Dorn
1996: Bobby Richardson, Walker Gill Wylie
1997: Dr. James Burrows Edwards, Dr. Ronald Erwin McNair
1998: Frances Ravenel Smythe Edmunds, Elizabeth O'Neill Verner
2000: Hugh L. McColl, Jr.; William Jasper and William Moultrie
2001: Robert E. Marvin; William Barrett Travis and James Butler Bonham
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