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CONTENTS 

JULY 2018, VOLUME 16, NO. 7 

FEATURES 

08 How South Carolina Won the 

Revolution 

12 Tips on Navigating Dolphin 

Behavior 

17 Should Women Take Up Golf... 

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20 Golf Trivia 

26 To Be Truly Free 

28 Jerry Glenn & Celebrities 

34 Oh, Say Can You See 

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HISTORY 

How South Carolina 

Won the Revolution 

By Michele Roldán-Shaw 

The movie “Patriot,” starring Mel Gibson, brought to life 

the drama and heroism of everyday Americans during 

the Revolutionary War. Though reviled by critics for 

its historical inaccuracy, popular audiences connected 

deeply with the spirit it portrayed—the flavor of the 

times, the romanticism of rebellion, and the courage 

that fortified honest folk fighting for what they believed 

in. South Carolinians especially tend to hold this movie 

close, as the scene of the action is right here at home. 

Forget the fact that 

Benjamin Martin (Mel 

Gibson’s character) 

never actually existed; 

according to the 

screenwriter he’s a 

composite of four 

great South Carolinian 

heroes: Francis Marion, 

Andrew Pickens, Daniel 

Morgan, and Thomas 

Sumter. Never mind 

that certain major 

events depicted in “The 

Patriot” are fictional; 

it stands that South 

Carolina was a deciding 

factor in the struggle 

for independence, and 

saw more action than 

any other state. 

From the first stirrings 

of sedition, certain factions here were already on board. 

After Boston had its famous Tea Party, Charlestonians 

dumped seven chests of East India product into the 

Cooper River. Even before that a shipment had been 

confiscated at Charleston Harbor and stored in the 

Exchange Building—some histories say it rotted there, 

others that it was eventually used to raise money during 

the Revolution. (Maybe they just sold moldy tea?) 

South Carolina was the second state, after Virginia, 

to ratify the Articles of Confederation that served as 

the first constitution of the United States. And it was 

a South Carolinian, Christopher Gadsen, who designed 

the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag depicting a coiled snake 

with thirteen rattles for each of the thirteen colonies. 

Nevertheless, not everyone in South Carolina favored 

rebellion. Wealthy planters on the coast were generally 

all for dissolving ties with Britain, but people upstate 

and backcountry tended to have more gripes against 

Lowcountry aristocracy than they did against the 

British. Of the 200 or so battles fought here, many 

could be characterized 

as Patriot vs. Loyalist 

rather than American 

vs. British. Indeed, the 

fight to gain public 

sympathy was as heated 

as the actual armed 

conflicts. Both sides 

made the mistake at 

different points of trying 

to force public support, 

threatening violent 

action against those who 

did not swear allegiance 

— either to the Crown 

or to the Rebel cause — 

and take up arms against 

their neighbors. One 

thing about Americans: 

we do NOT like to be told 

what to do. Such tactics 

invariably backfired and 

caused the very people 

being courted to run to the other camp. 

Historians have reflected that one major tactical error 

by the British was to overestimate the strength of the 

Loyalists in the South. They thought they could come 

in with a few regulars, stir up local sons and daughters 

of the Crown, get Cherokees on the warpath, entice 

slaves into their ranks with promises of freedom, and 

thoroughly squash the radicals. All of that did in fact 

happen — except for the thorough squashing. 

Early in the war, an attempt to take Charleston failed 

when on 28 June 1776 the British launched an 

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engagements. Both sides committed the blunder 

of excessive brutality that alienated people from 

their cause, such as plundering private property and 

massacring those who’d surrendered. But the Brits 

inadvertently created a monster when they burnt the 

home of Thomas Sumter and subjected his wife to 

indignities—if before he had been reluctant to fight, 

wrath spurred him into a vigorous campaign of guerrilla 

warfare that earned him the nickname “Gamecock.” 

The same was true of Andrew Pickens, who also had his 

house burned and later exacted revenge. 

amphibious attack on Sullivan’s Island and the as yet 

unfinished Fort Moultrie. They landed a fleet of eleven 

ships at what is now Isle of Palms, intending to wade 

the inlet and attack Ft. Moultrie from behind; but as 

we here in the Lowcountry know, it ain’t that easy to 

get across a creek when the tide’s rippin’! Neither was 

their frontal naval assault too effective, as the soft sand 

and spongy palmetto log walls of the fort just soaked up 

cannonballs. (Not to mention several ships ran aground— 

amateurs.) The Americans’ good marksmanship repelled 

a seemingly more powerful invader, which was a great 

moral booster, and it would be some time before the 

British returned. 

Part of the reason South Carolina proved such an 

important playing field was that when fighting became 

stalemated up North, Britain devised a “Southern 

Strategy” that they hoped would seal the victory: land 

on the coast and sweep up the colonies to trap George 

Washington in a deadly sandwich. They took Savannah 

easily in December 1778, then laid siege to Charleston— 

and this time they were successful. Ironically, it was 

at once a low point and a turning point. Major patriot 

leaders in Charleston were captured, except for one: 

Francis Marion. Thanks to a happy accident he had left 

the city to recover a broken ankle, so after his comrades 

surrendered he went underground and organized a 

misfit militia that basically constituted the only fighting 

force left in the South. They snuck around the swamps 

harassing British troops with wily guerrilla tactics, and 

were instrumental in getting Americans back in the 

game. Today General Marion, a.k.a. “Swamp Fox,” is an 

enduring South Carolinian legend. 

Meanwhile, other heroes emerged in other decisive 

At the Battle of King’s Mountain, in present-day York 

County, a bunch of scrappy American mountain men 

defeated loyalist militia led by British Major Patrick 

Ferguson. The mountain men left their homesteads 

early one morning, marched all day and part of the 

night in blistering rain, surprised the enemy at King’s 

Mountain next day around 3 p.m., licked them soundly by 

sundown, and departed for home the following morning 

before Redcoats or Indians could terrorize women and 

children in their absence. Talk about some bad dudes! 

At the Battle of Cowpens—which did actually take place 

in a cow pen—two very feared and hated British leaders, 

Lord Cornwallis and Colonel Tarleton, got whipped along 

with their elite force of British regulars by American 

militiamen who weren’t supposed to be their match. 

But that was part of the plan: by exploiting the idea that 

militiamen are cowards and flee from a strong attack, 

American Colonel Daniel Morgan masterminded what 

historians would later call a “tactical masterpiece” of the 

Revolution. 


“Old Dan” Morgan was a grizzled vet with many war wounds—like having gotten his teeth knocked out by an Indian 

bullet, and his back striped for laying a British lieutenant flat cold with one punch. (Legend claims 500 lashes, enough 

to kill an elephant, but Morgan liked to say they miscounted and only gave him 499.) His reputation as a bar brawler no 

doubt endeared him to the rowdy backwoodsmen he proved very successful at commanding. In the Battle of Cowpens, 

he had them feign a fearful retreat in order to draw the British headlong into an orderly line of Continental soldiers who 

promptly tore them up. Nearly one thousand Brits were killed or captured, and word of this victory spread far and wide 

to inflame Patriot spirit. 

Gen. Marion offering dinner to a Brittish Officer 

By contrast, the Siege of Ninety Six did not prove so successful. General Nathaniel Greene and his Continental Army 

failed to take the well-stocked earthworks of Star Fort, but a few months later the British abandoned post. This seems 

to characterize the doings of General Greene: he always lost, yet in the end he won. Where most professional military 

officers showed a certain disdain for ragtag militiamen, Greene synchronized his movements with theirs to undermine 

and weaken the enemy. Famous South Carolina historian Walter Edgar wrote, “Greene never won a tactical battle in 

South Carolina, but he achieved his goals of destroying the British army and winning the war. Mao Tse-tung could not 

have designed a more perfect campaign.” 

The last battle of the American Revolution took place at John’s Island, but by then the war was basically over. There 

were few fireworks at its anticlimax. Lewis P. Jones, another South Carolina historian, has written, “The scene was 

more like the quiet passing of an elderly person during the night.” It might be fair to say that we didn’t exactly beat the 

British, we just caused them to want to stop fighting. But let historians debate the many factors amongst themselves. 

What’s clear here in the Palmetto State is that we have quite the legacy of being dashing rebels! 

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ENVIRONMENT 

TIPS ON NAVIGATING 

DOLPHIN BEHAVIOR 

Amber Kuehn, Marine Biologist 

Owner of Spartina Marine Education Charters 

I thought every 12 year old had the keys to a motor boat, 

and threw a cast net to catch a mullet to feed their pet 

dolphin named Dolly. There are things that you observe 

as an adult that you had seen as a child, but never 

thought anything of it… 

All of the cetaceans residing in Beaufort County are 

Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops, truncatus) 

When dolphins approach boats for food 

It was always exciting to feed Dolly the fish, which she 

would only swallow head first. Dolphin swallow their 

food whole, so it had to be just the right size and it went 

down smooth head first, as fish are streamlined in the 

forward direction. However, IT IS A FEDERAL OFFENSE 

TO FEED MARINE MAMMALS AFTER 1992. The federal 

government amended the Marine Mammal Protection 

Act of 1972 to say that no food of any sort shall be fed to 

any marine mammal in the United States. This includes 

polar bears, sea otters, manatees, sea lions, seals, 

whales, dolphins, etc. 

Due to the fact that dolphins do not taste their food, they 

will eat anything that will fill their bellies. They are lazy, 

and would prefer to open their mouths to beg from boats 

rather than catching their own food. There is obviously 

less nutrition in a Twinkie than a fish, but therein lies a 

larger issue, no fresh water in a Twinkie (A Twinkie is an 

American snack cake, marketed as a “Golden Sponge 

Cake with Creamy Filling”). A dolphin is a mammal and 

cannot drink salt water. They stay hydrated by eating 

fish. A fish can drink salt water all day long and excrete 

the salt in its urine and through its gills; a fish is full of 

fresh water. The raw fish at the sushi bar is not salty until 

you add the soy sauce. At Hudson’s Seafood, you don’t 

request your fish to be prepared without any salt, butter, 

seasonings…Just fish plus heat will be very bland. Also, 

it is best that dolphins do not hover around boats with 

spinning blades. 

When dolphins blow several times at once 

They are so graceful and amazing to watch as they glide 

through the May River. When they break the surface 

of the water to breathe, they exhale (the blow that 

you hear). Their name should be the Atlantic Bottle 

Mouthed Dolphin, because their 

mouth is the rostrum or projection 

on the front of their face, and the 

nose is actually a blowhole on 

the top of their head! When your 

nose is a slight dent on the top of 

your head with two muscles called 

monkey lips that open and close it 

to breathe, what is still in the dent 

when the dolphin comes up for 

air? Water! So will it inhale first? 

Or exhale first. If you answered 

exhale first, you are correct. The 

exhale pushes that water out 

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of the dent before the inhale. If it is very quiet on the 

waterway, you can hear the inhale right after the exhale. 

If a dolphin breaks the surface of the water, but exhales 

several times in a row, that is your cue to leave the pod 

alone. This is called “chuffing”. The dolphin is showing 

aggression and would like you to stop following the 

pod….with a big Please and Thank you at the end, I’m 

sure. 

When dolphins slap their tail on the water 

The dolphins use their tails to corral and disorient fish 

that they are hunting. When you see a dolphin on its 

side and the tail is splashing water toward the mudflat, 

this is a method of hunting. When a dolphin makes one 

loud slap on the water before it submerges, it is showing 

aggression to send you a message. I interpret it as… 

”Your boat is loud and annoying and I would like for you 

to go away”…OR “We have a calf in this pod who is slower 

than the rest and he will not be safe around your boat”. 

I have seen both of these behaviors in the May River 

several times and around all types of boats. Please be 

courteous and change your course. They deserve some 

peace and quiet…Especially when they ask for it! 

When a dolphin seems to be maintaining a position 

Dolphins sleep. They have the ability to shut down 

one side of their two lobed brain while the other keeps 

them coming up for air and then they switch. If you 

find a dolphin “hovering” near a dock, Shhh! He may be 

sleeping. 

When dolphins have pink bellies 

Besides humans and chimps, dolphins are the only other 

species that mate for recreation. Blood rushes to certain 

organs when they are amorous. This performance 

requires that they are belly to belly and there is some 

rolling and tumbling involved. I think you can figure this 

one out. 

When a dolphin is “lollygagging” 

In the 1800s, lollygagging referred to “fooling around” 

(sexual connotation). Today, it means to dawdle or 

spend time aimlessly; idle. Sometimes, dolphin hang 

out on the surface. In some cases, it could be a mother 

that is nursing, or simply a dolphin that is resting. Please 

be careful while boating if you see this idle behavior. 

When dolphins are playing 

Dolphins are extremely intelligent. When their food 

is hiding in 200,000 acres of marsh grass at high tide, 

they entertain themselves by having conversation and 

playing together. It could be a game of chase, or soccer 

ball with cannonball jellyfish…If I had not seen it with 

my own eyes in Calibogue Sound, I would not believe it 

either. They were pushing the jellyfish with their rostrum 

and passing it back and forth! 

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Should Women Take Up Golf... 

Fore Sure! 

Did you know that women are among the most sought after new players in the sport of golf? According to the 2018 Royal 

and Ancient Golf Club Women’s, Girl’s and Family Participation Study, there are nine million potential new female golfers 

around the world. 

Have you ever thought about taking up the game, but did not know where to start? My hope is that this article will inspire 

you to consider taking up golf. This introductory article for my “Women in Golf” series is designed to provide insights into 

women-specific golf instruction, tips and even fashion ideas. 

Women can now enjoy the fun on the fairways more than ever. Golf is a great way to meet new friends, participate in a 

new sport and create family sporting memories - golfing traditions. As the R&A study states, “…the (golfing) ‘experience’ 

is starting to become the product.” 

My own golfing “experience” began over 20 years ago, when I moved to the beautiful golf 

resort of Big Canoe, GA. 

The golf courses wind through the majestic North Georgia Mountains, 

offering breathtaking views from the fairways---and some challenging lies. 

It was a perfect course to 

learn on, with the weekdays being slower as the tourists came on the 

weekend. One aspect of golf 

that beginner golfers need to familiarize themselves with is the 

pace of play. New golfers tend to be slower than the regulars – leading to frustration for both parties. 

Maintaining the proper pace of play is one of the challenges faced by new golfers and a popular 

topic on many golf blogs and shows. You don’t want to cause a golf cart traffic jam on the tees as a 

new player. 

As with learning the proper pace of play, there are many other aspects of the game to get familiar 

with, from grip to swing to 

even the right clubs. If you are going to take up the game, know that golf is one 

sport that requires some professional instruction! 

Golf instruction is readily 

of your local pro to the touch 

Ready Golf.” It is offered at golf 

available and can be found in many different forms these days – from the hands 

of a computer key. The PGA offers a beginner women’s golf program called “Get 

clubs including Indigo Run, where I held my last club membership. Mr. Lance 


Buntin, a PGA professional and head golf pro at Indigo, makes this program available to his members and guests to help 

them get a start in the game of golf. 

With this program, you get a beginner set of clubs and a series of introductory golf lessons. It is a great and affordable 

way to start – try it and see if you like it! This instruction is an alternative to one-on-one private lessons with a golf pro and 

provides a group setting, which allows you to get comfortable by playing with other golf gals. 

In addition, online videos are fast becoming a 24/7 form of instruction, plus there is always YouTube. 

I personally also recommend taking a golf etiquette lesson – a Resort Girl wants to play properly. Another tee time tip is to 

start playing with the 9-hole group of the ladies’ golf members, as I did when I was starting out. Some are new golfers and 

some are established, but everyone must have a certain handicap, which makes the level of play less intimidating. And, 

when play ends, you can chill with some ice tea or even a glass of wine while getting to know some new potential gal pals. 

But don’t get me wrong, the game is not all fun. Golf is challenging – it takes time and practice to build up skill. But it is a 

good challenge, as you are challenging your mind and body since part of the game is physical and part is mental. At first 

your goal is to just get that darn little ball in the air and onto the fairway! Later, you move onto learning how to adjust 

your swing, chip and hit from all types of lies, land and even the sand found in those irritating bunkers. But, what a thrill 

it is when you hit those first 

great shots - among friends 

and family and surrounded by 

some of the most magnificent 

natural backdrops and many 

times, beautiful wildlife. 

Another issue faced by many 

men and women golfers, is 

time. I’ve heard many people 

declare, “Hey, I do not have five 

hours in my day to play a round 

of golf right now with family 

and work.” 

This is really a moot issue 

because you don’t always need 

to play 18 holes. Most courses 

offer 9-hole options and some 

even have an innovative 6-hole at 6 PM play option, which gives golfers just enough time to get in a few rounds at the 

end of the day. I recently saw this 6 at 6 offering at a Lake Oconee golf course, where you skip holes to finish in an hour. 

These options afford the game of golf the creativity needed to meet the modern day demands of working individuals 

and families. 

There are also the new golf concept venues, such as Top Golf, found in many cities that allow you grab lunch or dinner and 

get in a few chips. With golf, practice may still not make it perfect, but it is an integral part of the game and these flexible 

options are becoming very popular. 

And finally, some of my closest friendships were built on those days of play in the mountains. We still play golf together 

after almost 20 years. When you spend up to five hours with someone in a cart, you really get to know them! Plus, many 

times the best of part the experience is the food and fellowship you find back at the resort clubhouse. Some of the special 

events held there can spark some fun competition amongst your golf gal pals. At Indigo Run, Mr. Buntin runs some very 

creative events for his women golfers and charitable events benefiting causes such as breast cancer awareness. 

The clubhouse also can become an integral part of your family life – which is one of the most important deciding factors 

for women joining a golf country club. They want the club to offer family time events and “experiences” outside of 

playing golf. 

I hope this initial “Women in Golf” article inspired you to consider being one of those many women who take up the game 

of golf. Try golf – you might like it – and along the fairways and back at the clubhouse, you will have the opportunity make 

some lifelong friends and family memories---Golfing Traditions. Relax, Reflect and Recharge Resort Girls. 

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Golf Trivia 

The Dye Course will be the second-longest in U.S. Junior Amateur history 

Actuaries have calculated the chance of an average golfer making a hole in 

one at approximately 12,500 to 1, the odds of a tour professional at 2,500 to 1. 

The chance of two holes in one in a single round are approx 67 million to 1. 

The longest golf course in the world is the International Golf Club in 

Massachusetts. It is a par 77 course measuring 8325 yards. 

The Lowest Score for a round of golf in the world is a 57. Wayne Meyers 

was the hero at Southern Oaks in Powdersville, South Carolina, in 1994. 

In 2006, Russian astronaut Mijail Tiurin was the first person to drive a 

golf ball in space. 

In 1457 King James II banned golf in Scotland because they distracted 

military personnel from pursuing archery, more suited to their profession. 

The Gentlemen Golfers of Leith (1744) is considered to be the first official 

golf club. 

St Andrew’s has had the greatest effect on the origin of golf. It’s course 

was initially built with 22 holes but these were later reduced to 18. New 

courses followed suit and it became the standard. 

At St Andrews the hole was set at 4.5 inches, was copied by other golf courses. 

Tom Morris, a successful Scottish professional golfer, was a pioneer in 

course design in the 19th Century, is credited with inventing the first dogleg. 

Golf is often considered related to the Belgian game Chole and the Dutch 

game Kolven. Both are stick and ball games but you do not have to get the 

ball into a hole in either the real golf challenge. 

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. 

By 1900 there were more than 1000 golf clubs in the US. 

Golf clubheads were made of beech or the wood of fruit trees such as apples.

Scottish Golf History records King James IV as the first recorded monarch to 

have purchased golf clubs 

Golf club shafts were originally made of hazel or ash wood. 

125,000 golf balls a year are hit into the water at the famous 17th hole of the 

Stadium Course at Sawgrass (pictured). 

The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million. 

Tiger Woods snagged his first ace at the tender age of eight years old. 

Balls travel further on hot days. A golfer swinging a club at 100 mph will carry 

the driver up to eight yards longer for each increase in air temperature of 25°F. 

The highest golf course in the world is the Tactu Golf Club in Morococha, 

Peru, which sits 14,335 feet above sea level at its lowest point. 

The origin of golf term ‘Caddie’ comes from Mary Queen of Scots use of 

French cadets to help her play while she studied there. 

The longest golf hole in the world is the 7th hole (par 7) of the Sano Course at 

the Satsuki Golf Club in Japan. It measures an incredible 909 yards. 

The largest bunker in the world is Hell’s Half Acre on the 585-yard 7th hole of 

the Pine Valley Course in New Jersey. 

The largest golfing green is that of the 695-yard, 5th hole, a par 6 at the 

International Golf Club in Massachusetts, an area in excess of 28,000 square 

feet. 

The first golf balls, used until 1848, were made of thin leather stuffed with 

feathers. Tightly-packed feathers made balls that flew the farthest. 

The youngest golfer to shoot a hole-in-one was Coby Orr, who was five years 

old at the time. It happened in Littleton, Colorado, in 1975. 

Golf was banned in Scotland from 1457 to 1502 to ensure citizens wouldn’t 

waste time when preparing for an English invasion. 

The term birdie comes from American Ab Smith, playing 1899, he played 

what he described as a “bird of a shot”, which became “birdie” over time.

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TO BE TRULY FREE 

By: Gene Cashman III 

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The epistemology of freedom is on display each 

weekend as the line swells waiting for access to the 

May River. All kinds of God’s creation converge, bees 

returning to the queen mother, refugees fleeing the 

banality and vapidness of modern suburban life, 

scrambling and desperate for a brief chance to be their 

own captain, their own drunken sailor for a day. Class and 

worry left on the shore, those without connection left 

longing in the humidity, slack jawed and stupefied at the 

armada slowly motoring out of reach of the public dock. 

Freedom is a shade tree with many 

varied branches and roots that drink 

deep from time’s fragile water table. 

Dreams and tears all spoken with 

expectation of a deliverance, from 

a burden, a real oppression, a literal 

overlord. Freedom, is the conflict 

against some specific thing whether it 

real or imagined; the embodiment of 

struggle. Then, as one might expect, 

there is that one branch on the back 

of freedom’s tree that represents 

the belief that one should be free 

to be or do, or say or wear whatever 

they darn well please, whenever 

they darn well want to, simply 

because of birthright. Sometimes 

the embodiment of struggle is 

to simply accept that freedom 

can be as ugly as it is beautiful. 


Each Saturday morning and especially on summer 

holidays pick-up truck after pick-up truck carries on a 

two-inch ball the idea of adventure and fun. Open water 

offers sanctuary and the opportunity to be something 

different for a full cycle of the tide. The boat ramp to 

the May is a melting pot of new America. Each pilgrim 

distinguished by the manner in which they pay visual 

homage to their redeemer. One can clearly spot the 

different approaches to patronage. Patriotic bling has 

become the adornment of freedom and clearly denotes 

this May River armada as distinctly American, but

epresentative of all generations. Akin to a great love 

and becoming fully a synonym for passion amongst 

many, this first cousin of devotion, modern patriotism, 

is an impassioned lover of affection and status. Whether 

emblazed on a hipsters forearm or in a yuppie’s 

insulated tumbler full of heartland vodka, one’s status 

as a lover of country is denoted by your style of bling. 

What then should the traditionalist make of all those 

star spangled bikinis and beer cozies bobbing down 

the river? It is all reconcilable through the eye of the 

beholder. This great land, the one that our forefathers 

died forging, that is the real America, or so sayeth the 

traditionalist. The country that affords us the freedom 

to love and adore lycra pants and bathing suits from 

Vietnam while guzzling watered down flag themed beer, 

mass produced by a Belgian-Brazilian brewing company 

is different than what many traditionalist would prefer. 

Yet, it is American too and being worn and consumed 

by many who’ve been shot at in the name of freedom. 

Modern American patriotism is something altogether 

different than the good ole days, whatever those were, 

and during summertime weekends, the sandbar and May 

River is the makeshift capital of this motley new nation. 

The sandbar on any other day is quiet and tranquil. To 

love a gentle day on the water is to love the soft picking 

and strumming of an acoustic guitar, precise but all in 

one lazy. This might describe a Thursday paddle board 

trip but this is not the sandbar on a Saturday. On the 

weekends, and in particular over the July 4 th Holiday, it 

becomes the port of call for every brand of pirate and 

patriot imaginable. It resembles Jimi Hendrix’s electric 

version of the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock. Even 

the most venerable vendor on Coney Island or salty 

bartender at the Soggy Dollar has to tip their hat at the 

scene that unfolds the more anchors that drop. I’ve heard 

of upwards of two hundred and fifty boats crammed 

onto the sliver of sand between Potato and Myrtle Island. 

Boats so close together that a nimble footed person could 

have walked boat to boat and never gotten their feet wet. 

how different, everyone just melds together. The 

sounds swirl, the rhythm and pull of wave and wind, 

the beat that pulses up and down the bar sends a chill 

through you. Auditory adulations abound in every 

direction. Personally, I can think of only a few other 

examples that paint a better picture of complete ease 

and freedom than standing chest deep in warm water, 

drinking cold beer and eating boiled peanuts, while 

absorbing the sights and sounds of a sandbar Saturday. 

Descent into darkness and or proximity to heavenly 

electricity most commonly break up the party, fanning 

boats out in every direction, their salty, frothy contrails 

marking a path through the green water. The retreat 

back to the Oyster Factory or Alljoy like a beautiful 

flower constricting back into itself, there is always a 

certain sadness watching the boats cue up at the ramp. 

For hours on end, folks of all kinds gathered together. 

Jon boats and million dollar yachts, side by side 

desperate for a taste of freedom from what oppresses, 

grateful to a be in a land that affords all the opportunity 

to be as formal or as weird, as tattooed or as preppy as 

you need or want to be. All glad to once again return 

to their summertime capital to hold court and be free. 

Freedom will always come in many shapes and sizes, 

because what holds us down or back doesn’t fit into 

a tidy box for each person. Patriotism and love for 

country is the same way. The bottom line is we are all 

fortunate to live in a land where we can be free to pursue 

opportunity, where we can bask in the natural beauty 

of the May River. We can worship freely. We can be as 

eccentric or as buttoned up as we want to be. As you 

head to the River this July to shake off what ails you, 

take a moment to genuinely appreciate the State of 

Mind being in Bluffton and living in America offers 

you. We all spend too much time arguing and trying to 

convince someone they are wrong on an issue instead 

of just appreciating the fact we are all free. If you are 

torqued out, head to the sandbar this holiday week and 

get a new perspective. I am certain you can hitch a ride. 

The sandbar on such weekends is loud and chaotic. 

It’s rebellious and tacky. It’s loud and unrepentant. It 

overserves itself in every manner possible. It’s a young 

man’s education and a mother’s worst dream; every 

weekend someone makes their debut on the sandbar, 

a coming out sure to be regretted in the morning. 

While visibly intimidating from the outside, once on 

its inner core one finds commonality among its jovial 

and sunburned masses. The banker from Atlanta who 

hasn’t had a week off in two years, or the mother from 

Savannah who has survived breast cancer, it is the 

people that draw you in as much anything. No matter

Only at Reminisce 

By: Jerry Glenn 

Reminisce on The Promenade is a shop that 

combined The Cinnamon Bear concept with 

Legends Sports Gallery on Main Street Hilton 

Head. After 28 years on the island, the Glenn 

family moved to Bluffton and relocated the 

business. 

The shop features gourmet specialty foods, 

sports memorabilia, dog and cat custom art, 

soaps, cremes, books, candles, select jewelry, 

and a wide array of gifts. 

Lori Glenn, runs the shop and is the creative 

force behind exclusive offerings. While Jerry, 

age 87, promotes and purchases unique sports 

items. He also appraises pre 1970 sports items 

and advises how to sell collections. 

Audrey is the final word on the quality of this 

shop with a defference. 

Above: Jimmy Stewart with Audrey and Jerry Glenn 

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There’s a little red shop on Bluffton Promenade called 

Reminisce. It’s owned and operated by the Glenn family 

- Audrey, Jerry and their daughter, Lorie. The Glenns’ 

have been Low Country retailers for the past thirty years. 

In 1988, they opened the Cinnamon Bear Country Store, 

located on Main Street in Hilton Head. Upon selling the 

business, the Glenns’ opened Legends Sports Gallery, 

also located in Hilton Head. 

Two years ago they left Main Street and opened a shop 

on the Bluffton Promenade and called it 

Reminisce, as over the years 

customers wanted to recall the 

good ole days and reminisce 

about their experiences. 

The Glenns’ were antique 

collectible dealers in the New 

York area for sixteen years 

and specialized in antique 

graphics and country store. 

Today, the little shop 

stocks sports memorabilia, 

unique gifts, books, and 

custom dog and cat art… 

and one cannot forget 

the years filled countless 

conversations of the 

past. 

Prior to the Low Country 

experience, Jerry Glenn 

spent thirty-seven 

years with a national 

food company. 

At one point in 

time, he held the 

position of Director 

of Promotion 

and Events. It 

was during this 

time he had the 

opportunity to meet and 

hire some very notable celebrities in the 

entertainment and sports world. It was through these 

encounters and experiences that Jerry soon found out 

these very famous people were real people, too. 

There have been many stories about this person or that 

person in the media that may have been unsettling. 

However, Jerry soon found out that during a one on 

one conversation that without a doubt, celebrities are 

real people, too! Over the years Jerry has met, on more 

than a casual basis, too many to remember, but her are 

a few notables: Betty White, Jimmy Stewart, Jerry Lewis 

Rod Lauer, Paul Williams, Jim Ryan, Bobby Richardson, 

Whitey Ford, Roger Staubach, Bobby Orr, Robert 

Wagner, Bobby Cox, Chipper Jones, Joe Garagiola, Milton 

Berle, Willie Pep, Dinah Shor, Rocky Blier, Bob Feller, 

Dale Murphy, Phil Niekro, Freddie Freeman, Gaylord 

Perry, Lionel Hebert, Jay Herbert, Brooks Robinson, 

Ben Wright, Alan Coulter, Nancy Lopez, Alan King, 

Don Mattingly , Dave Winfield, Buddy Hackett, Eagles 

Cheerleaders, Dick Perez, Fergie Jenkins…whooo! 

Now we are going to tell you a small story of a few of 

Jerry’s favorite moments that solidified that celebrities 

are real people too! In a few months we’ll ask him to tell 

us about a few sports star stories! What a pleasure to 

hear these stories about celebrities we saw on TV or in 

the movies. 

Betty White: 

Below: Betty White with Audrey and Jerry Glenn 

Betty is an animal lover and known supporter of the Los 

Angeles Zoo. She came to the celebration for The 100th 

Birthday of Barnum’s Animal Crackers to be with our 

top customers. The dance floor was empty and Betty 

came over saying, “Come on Jerry, let’s liven up this shin 

dig!” Our presence on the floor encouraged the crowd 

to join in. All 300 guests wanted to connect with Betty. 

With Betty, what you see on TV is really what you get in 

person. 


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Jerry Lewis: 

We hired Jerry to perform at the Waldorf Astoria for the 

75th Anniversary of OREO Crème Sandwich. Prior to the 

event we spent an hour going over the program. Jerry was 

a genius and within minutes imagined the entire evening 

with really great suggestions… Paul Anka was the lead 

into Jerry, but Jerry encouraged Paul to be the star! The 

show was a smash hit. 

Jimmy Stewart: 

Another case of what you see is what you get. At this same 

Zoo event in L.A, Jimmy and his wife were with Audrey and 

Jimmy not feeling well still went out on the dance floor to 

please the ladies. His wife told Audrey, “Jimmy is not well 

and I’ve got to get him home.” With that, she put her two 

fingers in her mouth and whistled, “Come on honey, it’s 

time to go!” They properly excused themselves and left to 

huge applause. 


Above: Jerry Lewis with Jerry Glenn 

Paul Williamson: 

The second time I met Paul he remembered my name 

and you thought he really cared. His goal was to protect 

all music performers with royalty rights and asked me to 

pass on his concern. Of course we all know of his genius 

in song writing for Barbara Streisand. 

Milton Berle: 

During a hour meeting with “Uncle Miltie” we advised 

him that our annual conference had a disaster in the 

computerized presentation and asked hi if he could do his 

best to liven up the attendees. Milton, age 77 at the time, 

tired from the trip from California to Florida said, “Jerry, 

the show must go on and I’ll do my best!” He agreed to a 

forty minute stint but went on for an hour and a half with 

side splitting stories. The conference was re-energized and 

Milton said at the close, “ Are you happy Buddie?” He truly 

was all of ours “Uncle Miltie”.

Garbo came to the United States 

at the insistence of her director 

of a few class B foreign films. 

She was an instant sensation by 

all of Hollywood and the country. 

No matter where she went 

people swarmed over her. She 

actually was a shy person and 

she did not like to be bothered 

with celebrity. We all recall her 

“I want to be alone” comment, 

and she did! After a few great 

movies she became reclusive for 

the rest of her life and therefore, 

many fans did not have a good 

impression of this beautiful lady. 

Above: Robert Wagoner with Lori Glenn 

These are but a few events and shows, but these are real 

people. In some cases you may have heard that some 

on my list are not so real. It may be at a moment in their 

lives things go wrong, or the “Garbo effect” sets in. Greta 

Jerry found that when you have 

the opportunity to sit with a 

notable one on one, you’ll enjoy 

the visit with a real person. It’s 

when their “on-stage” a different 

impression may occur. 

* When visiting Reminisce, should you care to ask Jerry 

about any of these personalities, he will be pleased to 

respond to your inquiries. 


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May River Grill** 

1263 May River Rd. 

(843) 757-5755 

Toomers’ Bluffton Seafood House** 

27 Dr. Mellichamp Dr. 

(843) 757-0380 

The Village Pasta Shoppe** 

10 B, Johnston Way 

(843) 540-2095 

Andes Rotisserie 

7 Johnston Way 

(843) 837-9909 

Agave Side Bar 

13 State Of Mind St. 

(843) 757-9190 

Alvin Ord’s of Bluffton 

1230 A, May River Rd. 

(843) 757-1300 

Amigos Cafe y Cantina 

133 Towne Drive 

(843) 815-8226 

Buffalo Wild Wings 

1188 Fording Island Rd. 

(843) 837-9453 

Backwater Bill’s 

202 Hampton Lake Crossing 

(843) 8836-7475 

Black Balsam & Blue 


(843) 837-2583 

Bluffton BBQ 


(843) 757-7427 

The Bluffton Room 

15 Promenade St. 

(843) 757-3525 

The Brick Chicken 


(843) 836-5040 

British Open Pub – Bluffton 

1 Sherington Dr. #G 

(843) 815-6736 

Buffalo’s at Palmetto Bluff 

1 Village Park Square 

(843) 706-6630 

Cahill’s Chicken Kitchen 


(843) 757-2921 

Calhoun’s 


(843) 757-4334 

Captain Woody’s 


(843) 757-6222 

Choo Choo BBQ Express 

129 Burnt Church Rd. 

(843) 815-7675 

Chow Daddy’s – Belfair 

15 Towne Center Dr. 

(843) 757-2469 

Corks Wine Co. 

14 Promenade St. #306 

(843) 816-5168 

Corner Perk 


(843) 816-5674 

The Cottage 

38 Calhoun St. 

(843) 757-0508 

Dolce Vita 

163 Bluffton Rd., Ste. F 

(843) 815-6900 

Downtown Deli 

27 Dr. Mellichamp Dr. 

(843) 815-5005 

Farm 


(843) 707-2041 

Fat Patties 

207 Bluffton Rd. 

(843) 815-6300 

Fiesta Fresh Mexican Grill 

876 Fording Island Rd., Ste. 1 

(843) 706-7280 

Giuseppi’s Pizza & Pasta 

25 Bluffton Rd., Ste. 601 

(843) 815-9200 

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104 Buckwalter Pl., Ste. 1A 

(843) 836-5959 

HogsHead Kitchen • Wine Bar 

1555 Fording Island Rd., Ste. D 

(843) 837-4647 

Jim ’N Nick’s Bar-B-Q 


(843) 706-9741 

The Juice Hive 

14 Johnston Way 

(843) 757-2899 

Katie O’Donald’s 

1008 Fording Island Rd. #B 

(843) 815-5555 

Kobe Japanese Restaurant 

30 Plantation Park Dr., Ste. 208 

(843) 757-6688 

Local Pie Bluffton 


(843) 837-7437 

Longhorn Steakhouse 

1262 Fording Island Rd., Tanger I 

(843) 705-7001 

Mellow Mushroom 


(843) 706-0800 

Mi Tierra 

27 Mellichamp Dr., Unit 101 

(843) 757-7200 

Mulberry Street Trattoria 


(843) 837-2426 

Okatie Ale House 

25 William Pope Ct. 

(843) 706-2537 

Old Town Dispensary 

15 Captains Cove 

(843) 837-1893 

The Pearl Kitchen and Bar 

55 Calhoun St. 

(843) 757-5511 

Pour Richard’s 

4376 Bluffton Pkwy. 

(843) 757-1999 

(843) 837-1893 

Red Fish Bluffton 

32 Bruin Rd. 

(843) 837-8888 

Red Stripes Caribbean Cuisine 

8 Pin Oak St. 

(843) 757-8111 

Savory Cafe & Provisions 

1533 Fording Island Road Suite 302 

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Saigon Cafe 


(843) 837-1800 

Sippin Cow 


(843) 757-5051 

Southern Barrel Brewing Co. 

375 Buckwalter Place Blvd. 

(843) 837-2337 

Squat ’N’ Gobble 


(843) 757-4242 

Stooges Cafe 

25 Sherington Dr., Ste. F 

(843) 706-6178 

Truffle’s Cafe 

91 Towne Dr. 

(843) 815-5551 

Twisted European Bakery 

1253 May River Rd., Unit A 

(843) 757-0033 

Walnuts Café 

70 Pennington Dr., Ste. 20 

(843) 815-2877 

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MUSIC TOWN 

“Oh, Say Can You See...” 

By: Jevon Daly 

For July this year, I have been thinking alot 

about the National Anthem. A powerful song. A song 

everyone knows (or is supposed to know). A song that 

is not easy to sing. And finally, a song that is usually 

over-sung, if that is even a word. 

Gone are the days when someone would step 

up to the microphone, sing the song exactly like it 

was written, and the bow to applause. Nowadays, 

in the wake of shows we love like American Idol and 

The Voice, the anthem has become more and more 

a vehicle for singers to add ornamentation to as 

they wail and cry up and down scales (usually using 

their hands to pantomime their note choices). Could 

you imagine Dorothy singing “Somewhere Over the 

Rainbow” in this ‘new’ style? Laughable? I think 

so. Without being too critical of modern vocalists in 

general, why can’t young singers follow pop singer, 

PINK’s ‘lead’? 

but that was newsworthy bad. Hopefully, the Billie 

Holliday comparisons were a joke, too. When the 

players were smirking I knew - this stinks. When you 

go out there and try to “make something your own,” 

remember this: you probably won’t. We all want to 

hear songs done pretty close to the original. I am sure 

if there were a digital download of the “orig” of the 

anthem, it would sound like PINK. She rules. 

*Editors Note: There will always be great singers for 

this song. Don’t be afraid to hum along. 

PINK sang the Anthem at the Super Bowl LII 

and just brought the house down. She didn’t make 

the words “proof” or “wave” ten syllables. She hit the 

high notes hard, held them nice and long. Her face 

was serious. None of the players laughed or rolled 

their eyes. That is where the proof is to me. Don’t 

make fun of the anthem, man. Lady Gaga’s reading of 

the song at Super Bowl L, though not quite as pure to 

me as PINK’s, is still very straight, to the point. There 

may be a little more vibratos, but she is Gaga. She still 

sticks to the script and original version of the melody 

here. I’m trying not to sound too much like a music 

nerd here, but all the extra swooping up and down on 

one syllable words you hear on POP radio these days 

is a little silly to my ear. And no, I’m not getting old. 

I mean, I am getting older. But go listen to Brittany 

Howard or St. Vincent’s Annie Clark belt out a song off 

a recent album. No frilly crud. It’s not necessary. Sing 

us the song like we have heard it in school. Geez. 

I have always liked the Black Eyed Peas. I 

thought Fergie was cool. However, I no longer think 

she is cool. I am sure there will be something that 

will come out soon that will put her back on the map, 

but her cocky arrangement at the NBA All Star game, 

WOW. JUST BAD. I don’t watch sports that often

Fun Facts About the 

National Anthem 

• The “Star-Spangled Banner” was written by an 

amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing 

the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British 

ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor 

during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. 

Key was inspired by the large U.S. flag, with 15 

stars and 15 stripes, known as the Star-Spangled 

Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during 

the U.S. victory. 

• The poem was set to the tune of a popular 

British song written by John Stafford Smith for 

the Anacreontic Society, a men’s social club in 

London. “To Anacreon in Heaven” was set to Key’s 

poem and renamed “The Star-Spangled Banner.” 

• The song is notoriously difficult for 

nonprofessionals to sing because of its wide range 

– A 12th. 

• “The Star-Spangled Banner” was recognized for 

official use by the United States Navy in 1889, by 

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, and was 

made the national anthem by a congressional 

resolution on March 3, 1931 which was signed by 

President Herbert Hoover. 

• The first playing of the song in a baseball game 

was during the seventh-inning stretch of Game 

One of the 1918 World Series, and thereafter 

during each game of the series. It is often cited as 

the first in-stance that the anthem was played at 

a baseball game, though evidence shows that the 

“Star-Spangled Banner” was performed as early 

as 1897 at opening day ceremonies in Philadelphia 

and then more regularly at the Polo Grounds in 

New York City beginning in 1898. In any case, 

the tradition of perform-ing the national anthem 

before every baseball game began in World War II. 

• Two especially unusual performances of the 

song took place in the immediate aftermath 

of the United States September 11th attacks. 

On September 12, 2001, the Queen broke with 

tradition and allowed the Band of the Coldstream 

Guards to perform the anthem at Buckingham 

Palace, in London, at the ceremonial Changing 

of the Guard as a gesture of support for Britain’s 

ally. The following day at a St. Paul’s Cathedral 

memorial service, the Queen joined in the singing 

of the anthem, an unprecedented occurrence. 

• When the U.S. national anthem was first 

recognized by law in 1931, there was no 

prescription as to be-havior during its playing. On 

June 22, 1942, the law was revised indicating that 

those in uniform should salute during its playing, 

while others should simply stand at attention, 

with men removing their hats. The same code also 

required that women should place their hands 

over their hearts when the flag is displayed during 

the playing of the national anthem, but not if the 

flag was not present 

• Bing Crosby recorded the song on March 22, 1939 

for Decca Records. He also recorded it as a reading 

of the poem with a musical accompaniment ton 

August 15, 1946. 

Information provided by Wikipedia.

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OVER 

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BRIDGES 

July Fireworks & More 

in Bluffton, Beaufort, Hilton Head & Savannah 

Bluffton 

July 2- August 5 : Gerry Díaz presents “Renacimiento” 

at The Society of Bluffton Artists Gallery 

Featured Artist Exhibit Gerry Diaz. Opening reception 

from 3-5 July 8th. Location: Society of Bluffton Artists 

6 Church Street, Bluffton 

Farmers Market of Bluffton: Every Thursday 1-6 

Calhoun Street. Fresh local produce (organic & 

traditional) live music, and prepared foods. Join the fun!! 

July 9-13: Society of Bluffton Artists (SoBA) Offers 

Summer Art Camp for ages 8-13 This summer, 

children will have a chance to travel to foreign lands 

and explore different cultures with Society of Bluffton 

Artists’ “Passport to Other Cultures” summer art camp 

for ages 8-13. The program will run into three sessions. 

Each class runs 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The cost is $100 per 

person. Parents are asked to register and pay online at 

sobagallery.com. 

Mondays – Fridays: Daily tours of Bluffton’s Rose Hill 

Mansion, a Gothic Revival-style homebuilt circa 1858 

and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 

Reservations required. 199 Rose Hill Way. (843) 757- 

6046 or rosehillmansion.com. 

July 20: May River Shrimp Festival Bluffton Sunset 

Party Time: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Live Music From 

Bobby Magyarosi & Btown Playaz. Local Seafood 

Restaurants, Food Trucks & Caterers, Lowcountry 

Arts & Crafts Village. Craft Beer Garden, Wine Bar, 

and vendors. http://www.blufftonsunsetparty. 

comCharity: ROUGE RESCUE & SANCTUARY 

Hilton Head Island 

Super Summer Jams Fourth of July at Shelter 

Cove Begins at 6 p.m. with kids’ activities, vendors 

and live music by Shannon Tanner at 7 and 8:30 p.m. 

Fireworks are scheduled over Broad Creek at 9:30 

p.m. Rain date is Tuesday. Free shuttle 5 to 11 p.m. at 

the Hargray building on U.S. 278 (on the south end), 

and at Chaplin Park on Singleton Beach Road. 

Skull Creek fireworks and more The Skull Creek 

Boathouse, Hudson’s Seafood House and the entire 

Skull Creek community’s celebration includes live 

outdoor music by Charleston’s country/Southern 

rock band Bootless. Music begins at 7, fireworks 

beginning at 9:30. Outside food, drinks, free shuttle 

to the festivities.1 Hudson Road, Hilton Head Island, 

(843) 681-2772 ext 100, www.hudsonsonthedocks. 

com 

4th of July Celebration & Parade, Harbour Town, 

Hilton Head Island.Wake up, decorate your bicycle or 

wagon, and walk in the annual Harbour Town Fourth 

of July parade. Decorating begins at 8:30 a.m. at 

the parking lot near the Harbour Town Lighthouse. 

Live entertainment 6-11 pm. Fireworks are set for 

9:15 p.m. Free shuttle service. (843) 842-1979, www. 

seapines.com 

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Firecracker Run 

Pound the pavement before you load up your plate 

at the Hilton Head Firecracker Run. The event is at 

8 a.m. July 4 at Shelter Cove Community Park, 39 

Shelter Cove, The largest and oldest road race in 

Beaufort County. The entry fee is $30 for adults and 

$25 for children (12 and under). contact Bear Foot 

Sports via bearfootsports.com or call 843-757- 8520. 

One Island. One Community. One Hilton Head. 

Central Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church and 

Grace Community Church will host a free community 

picnic at 11 a.m. July 4 at 70 Honey Horn Drive, 

Hilton Head Island. Second annual One Island. 

One Community. Bounce houses, slides and music 

from The Headliners, Yasmine Ariana, the Hilton 

Head Christian Academy Jazz Ensemble.For more 

information, Facebook.com/OneHiltonHead 

Every Saturday through October: Learn to Fish 

and Crab 4:00-6:00 pm. Free to the public. All 

supplies provided, weather permitting. Members 

of Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church will offer 

guidance. Location: Rowing and Sailing Center, 

Gumtree Road, Hilton Head Island SC 29928 

July1-July 29: The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina 

presents “Saturday Night Fever” at 8 p.m. Hustle 

back to the 70s with music and lyrics by the legendary 

Bee Gees for this story about 19-year-old Brooklyn 

ladies’ man, Tony Manero. 14 Shelter Cove Ln. For 

tickets, call (843) 842-2787 or visit www.artshhi.com. 

July 19 -December: Gullah Heritage trail Tours through 

ten native neighborhoods established during the Civil 

War. Tours are Tues- Sat at 10 am & 2 pm. Sunday at 

noon. Departing from the Coastal Discovery Museum. 

70 Honey Horn Dr. 843-681-7066 or gullaheritage.com 

12 Jewels of Life Summer Lunch Program: Weekdays 

12-3:00 Free Summer lunch for the kids in the 

community and surrounding areas. Mentoring is 

always important to us because knowledge, friendship, 

understanding and structure can help our yourth and 

young adults build cofidence they need to succeed, 

and empower young people. Call 843-295-3636 

Savannah 

July 4: 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION IN SAVANNAH 

Celebrate American patriotism on River Street Fourth 

of July Celebration. Come early to watch the fireworks 

display and enjoy live entertainment on the Rousakis 

Plaza Arbor Stage on River Street. Fireworks typically 

begin at 9:30 p.m. 

July 6, 10:00 PM 

FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH FIREWORKS ON 

RIVER STREET Music, food booths, artists. Open to 

the public every month. For more information call The 

Savannah Waterfront Association at 912-234-0295. 

July 6, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM 

FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH ART MARCH 

Discover local art, music, food and culture from all over 

Georgia’s first city .Take the free art march trolley to 

different galleries through the Victorian and Starland 

districts. 

July 6, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM 

FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH OYSTER ROAST 

Westin Hotel, Savanah Harbor (912) 201-2000 

Take the free ferry from River Street. Guests will 

delight in specialty cocktails, oysters, low country 

boil & barbecue. For more information call 1-912-201- 

2000. 

July 7,14,21,28 Every Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM 

FARMERS’ MARKET-Forsyth Park, Rain or shine. 

Located at the end of Forsyth park in Historic 

Downtown Savannah. The market offers a variety of 

local goods, seasonal produce, eggs, honey and much 

more. 

Beaufort 

July 4: Fireworks and Celebration at the Sands 

of Port Royal. Event begins at 5 pm. Food booths, 

refreshments, vendors, entertainment, face painting, 

water slide, bounce houses and more. No coolers or 

pets allowed. Free Parking at the sands along city 

streets. 

July 28-31: USCB Residential Soccer Camp. For 

serious high school female athletes. Spaces are 

limited. Register by July 15th at 

www.uscbsoccer.com. 

July13-22: 63 Annual Beaufort Water Festival! 

A ten day event which includes music, food, crafts 

and art, the blessing of the fleet, and many events. 12 

noon-12 pm. No coolers. 

Every Saturday, Port Royal Farmer’s Market 

Heritage Park by the Naval Hospital 9 AM - Noon 

Go to bluffton.com for more events! 


A Shingle Home on Lady Slipper Island 

Reflecting a Respect for Nature 

By: Randolph Stewart 

Photo Credits: Jason Adams 

The Lowcountry has an abundance of history 

and natural beauty. There is no better example 

than on a small salt marsh island, shaped like 

a lady’s shoe, several miles inland from the 

Atlantic within the private Belfair Community, 

in the Bluffton, S.C. Township. For hundreds of 

years, Indians paddled to it to walk across the 

marsh to the mainland to hunt. The French, 

Spanish, and English Colonists certainly rowed 

by or camped for safe haven. Confederate and 

Northern troops knew the Island, as well as 

oystermen and fishermen who passed by. 

With its expansive views of coastal marshes, 

the Colleton River and saltwater estuaries, Lady 

Slipper Island is indeed a very special place. The 

island’s sensitive ecology with wetlands on all 

sides, and the developers strong desire to have 

the homes connected with the environment 

were primary design determinates that the style 

of the homes should feel as if they have long 

been there, and that the materials and colors 

should reflect a respect for nature. 

The “Shingle Style” first emerged in the 1870’s. At the 

turn of century this uniquely American style reached its 

highest expression in seaside resorts of the northeastern 

states. 

Shingle architecture is an adaptation of other styles: 

Colonial Revival, with elaborate front doors, decorative 

crown pediments, fanlights, and sidelights, symmetrical 

windows, and columned porches - Victorian, where 

it borrowed wide porches, heavily textured surfaces, 

and asymmetrical forms - Richardsonian Romanesque 

where it borrows an emphasis on masculine proportions 

with irregular, sculpted shapes, arches, and heavy rustic 

lower stories. 

The “Shingle Style” is an unusually free-form of 

architecture with variable style. One reason for 

popularity is that it remained primarily a “high-fashion” 

form for the American affluent who wanted unique 

seaside vacation cottages. Unlike the formal and 

restrictive urban counterparts, the “Shingle House” was 

light and airy and was able to allow the owners to relax 

and enjoy the wonderful climate and vistas on the coast. 

As a result, the Shingle Style was the first to develop a 

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“Great Room” plan which allowed for casual entertaining 

and open unrestricted views, that has not changed. 

Historically, it is interesting to note that this century’s 

most prominent architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, was 

greatly influenced by the style early in his career. 

Wright built his own house, set upon a brick terrace, 

with a gabled roof, and unique window arrangements. 

This demonstrated that Wright, at the beginning of 

his career, was thus seeking direct inspiration and 

developed “Shingle Style”. 

The homes on Lady Slipper Island, and the inhabitants 

who live in the homes are married to the site. It was 

Belfair’s hope to capture the emotion and symbolism 

of Southern Architecture while exercising sound 

contemporary shingle construction, planning and 

environmental principles. I was honored to be asked 

to create a land plan and architectural guidelines for 

the island, earlier in my career, that is now manifested 

as one of the truly unique and special places in the Low 

Country. 

These photos are taken of the most unique home on 

Lady Slipper. Located on the very tip of the island, 

you are surrounded by water and dramatic natural 

panoramic views. The structure rises out of an arched 

tabby foundation with louvered underpinning. The 

exterior wall mass is expressed as shingle sheathing 

upon a light wood frame. It is common to have shingled 

walls without interruption at the corners. 

The important identifying feature of the home is the 

freedom of design and the irregular shape. The cross 

gables, bays, turrets, ornamented gabled dormers, 

and the voids of the piazzas. 

The Shingled surface of the house, as a whole, is richly 

expressive. It is the type of material that is friendly to 

the eye and allows the mass of the house to stretch 

out, easy and horizontal, coherent and assured. The 

home establishes with the form, connection to the 

surrounding landscape and appears as if it grew out of 

the earth. 

The porches are on all sides and allows for all major 

rooms to have multi-directional views, as well as great 

cross ventilation for natural cooling. The extensive use 

of deep porches and piazzas shade the glass and catch 

the breezes. The porches also form a functional and 

emotional link between inside and out, adding privacy 

while effectively blurring the line between the natural 

and built environment. 

Recently my long-time friend, Johhny Ussery of 

Ussery Group and Charter 1 Real Estate, asked me to 

view and write a feature on the crown jewel of Lady 

Slipper. Little did he know that over a decade ago I 

assisted Gerry Cowart, with Cowart Group Architects, 

whom I consider one of my mentors, in the design, 

and oversight of the construction and detailing, and 

execution of the interiors. Let’s take a tour, shall we! 


As you walk up the steps to the front 

piazza you rise above the vegetation 

and glance across the tidal marsh 

to the golf course beyond. Take in 

the texture of the shingle and the 

exterior details that abound. 

Upon entering the front door you 

hesitate to view the Dining Room 

with a magnificent painted mural 

depicting the marsh and native 

wildlife, both on land and in the air. 

Immediately across the large foyer 

you enjoy the views thru a wall of 

pilastered windows with transoms 

thru a porch that runs from west 

to east, to the wide Colleton 

River beyond. A mix of French 

and English furniture invites you 

to lounge in this gracious Great 

Room, complete with paneled 

walls, a coffered ceiling, and 

bridge above that takes you over 

the space to the bedrooms on 

the second floor. Note the laid in 

place tabby facade fireplace as a 

functional focal point. 

With multiple views thru trees to 

the river and marshes beyond the 

Family Room supports hand hewn 

cathedral beams with steel plate 

brackets. The large stone fireplace 

and comfortable furnishings invite 

you to relax from sunrise to sunset. 

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The spacious gourmet kitchen, 

features a oversized angled 

counter that bends as the house 

bends. This provides expansive 180 

degree views from multiple angles. 

The cabinets vary in material and 

color, and all is centered with the 

stove alcove that is surrounded 

by large embedded hand-hewn 

beams. 

Imagine relaxing on the large 

bayed porch complete with 

fireplace for those fall evenings, 

and spectacular four sided views. 

One feels like you are surrounded 

by nature and water. Truly there is 

no other place like this! 

At the tip of the Island is a wide bay 

porch with fireplace, entertaining, 

outdoor cooking, dining and 

lounging furnishings. Like the 

bow of the ship breaking thru the 

sea, the porch is surrounded by 

water and natural views. Follow 

the tide to Port Royal and back 

out to the Ocean, much like the 

Indians and early explorers did. 

The Oysterman’s bateaux is an 

important nostalgic reminder of 

the past….and they are still used 

to this day. 


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No Playing Around... 

Fireworks Do’s and Don’ts 

By: Kimberly Blaker 

According to the results of a Special Study by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for the 

year 2015, fireworks related injuries are on the rise. This is despite consumer education about the dangers. In 

2015 alone, there were 11,900 injuries involving fireworks treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms. Eight 

thousand of these occurred in the 1-month period surrounding the 4th of July. In addition, there were 11 

fatalities. 

Boys had a somewhat higher rate of injuries than girls, 61% to 39% respectively. The groups with the 

highest rate of emergency room treated injuries aged 15 to 19. This was followed by 5 to 9-year-olds. Still, 

children in other age groups suffer a fair share of injuries each year as well. Adults over 25 constitute 46% of 

fireworks related injuries. 

The Alliance to Stop Consumer Fireworks, coordinated by the National Fire Protection Association 

urges the public to play it safe and forego the use of fireworks and instead enjoy fireworks displays conducted 

by trained professionals. This seems like sound advice. Still, it isn’t a recommendation everyone will abide by. 

So keep in mind the following fireworks dos and don’ts recommended by such organizations as The National 

Council on Fireworks Safety, SafeKids.org, and the National Safety Council: 

• Abide by local laws regarding fireworks 

• Read all information that comes with the 

fireworks before igniting them. If none is 

available, research online. 

• Don’t allow young children to handle fireworks. 

Sparklers heat up to 2,000 degrees and are 

responsible for serious injuries every year. 

• Always closely supervise older children using 

fireworks. 

• Have a hose or bucket of water nearby in case 

of fire or to fully extinguish fireworks that don’t 

go off. 

• Never try to re-light a firework that doesn’t 

work. Wait 20 minutes then soak it in a bucket 

a water. 

• Never shoot them out of glass or metal 

containers. 

• Don’t use homemade fireworks. 

• Wear safety glasses when shooting them off. 

• Don’t carry fireworks in your pocket. 

• Never aim fireworks at another person or 

animal. 

• Light them one at a time and then move away 

quickly. 

• Don’t drink or use drugs prior to or while 

igniting fireworks. 

• Let off fireworks only in clear areas away from 

buildings and vehicles. 

• Keep fireworks stored in a cool place. 

• Keep pets and animals away from the sound of 

the fireworks. 

Fireworks Dos and Don’ts - No Pranks 

Finally, camera phones and the popularity of social media has encouraged fireworks pranks. Kids, and even 

sometimes adults, think they can safely prank a friend or family member by igniting a firework in close 

proximity. The risk of injury is high with pranks. Make sure children and teens understand the danger these 

pranks pose and that pranks should not be attempted under any circumstances. 


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The Breeze Magazine of the Lowcountry, JULY 2018

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