Reconstruction Era National Park visitors bring over $1 million to Beaufort s economy wtoc.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wtoc.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The 126-year-old Grand Army of the Republic Hall in Beaufort, S.C. where Black Civil War veterans once gathered is among four additions to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network, the National Park Service has announced.
Beaufort’s GAR post, which started in 1888, was founded by Black veterans, many of them former slaves on Sea Island plantations who had been soldiers with the First South Carolina Volunteer Regiment.
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