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"S" is for Sullivan's Island, Battle of (June 28, 1776). The Battle of Sullivan’s Island was the first major patriot victory in the Revolutionary War.

"S" is for Swansea Veneer and Basket Works. Founded in 1914 by Washington Bartow Rast, the Swansea Veneer and Basket Works was an expansion of Rast’s veneer mill that he had started in 1896. Initially the factory made banana drums, barrels, furniture, and fine veneers.

"S" is for Sugarloaf Mountain (Chesterfield County). Sugarloaf Mountain is an erosional remnant located in the Sand Hills State Forest within the upper coastal plain.

“L” is for Lee, Rudolph Edward (1876-1959). Architect. Educator.

“M” is for Marvin, Robert E. (1920-2001). Landscape architect.

“R” is for Ribault, Jean (ca. 1515-1565). Explorer, mariner.

Vernonia noveboracensis (New York ironweed or vein-leaf hawkweed) is a plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. It is native to the eastern United States, from Florida to Massachusetts and west to Tennessee, Alabama, and West Virginia and to southern Ontario.

Rudy shares some verse from Percy Bysshe Shelley and prose from John Burrows.

“A” is for Allston, Robert Francis Withers (1801-1864). Legislator, governor, rice planter.

Three years ago, Clemson University launched its Sonoco FRESH innovation hub in an effort to build partnerships between industry and academia so that sustainability solutions across the food chain might be developed. They will also soon be hosting a summit on this topic Sept. 19-21. Mike Switzer interviews Anne Barr, executive director of Sonoco FRESH at the Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics at Clemson University.