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“B” is for Battery Wagner. Battery Wagner was the principal fortification on Morris Island during the Civil War.

“C” is for Carolina parakeet. Now extinct, the Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinenis) was a dove-sized (about thirty-five centimeters long) bird with a bright green body, yellow head, and orange face.

“D” is for Dent, Frederick Bailey (1922-2019). Textile executive, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, diplomat.

“A” is for Anderson County (718 square miles; 2020 population 207,036).

Even this time of year, you might hear spring peepers, chorus frogs, or wood frogs, depending where you are in South Carolina.

“W” is for Whipper, Lucille Simmons (1928-2021). Educator, legislator.

The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as a woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. The groundhog is a lowland creature of North America; it is found through much of the Eastern United States, across Canada and into Alaska. It was first scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

“N” is for Noble, Patrick (ca. 1787-1840). Governor. Patrick Noble advocated public resistance to the expansion of federal power, which he deemed “highly dangerous, and subversive of our excellent frame of Government.”

“P” is for Payne, Daniel Alexander (1811-1893). Educator, clergyman. In 1865 Daniel Alexander Payne returned to South Carolina to preside over the establishment of the South Carolina Conference of the AME Church.

Storeria dekayi, commonly known as De Kay's brown snake, De Kay's snake, and simply the brown snake (along with many others), is a small non-venomous species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to North America and Central America.