American history

Native Americans used eastern red cedar for canoes and ceremonial buildings.

Native Americans used eastern red cedar for canoes and ceremonial buildings.

After two decades of research and investigation, the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust, in collaboration with the South Carolina American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission (SC250), has unveiled the first volume of the Francis Marion Papers, a project that holds the potential to reshape our understanding of one of the American Revolution’s most heroic figures.For this episode we sat down with Molly Fortune, CEO of SC250); co-editor Ben Rubin, and co-editor Rick Wise, Director of the SC Battlefield Preservation Trust, to talk about the work behind the publication of the papers and about Marion and his compatriots in the Revoultionary War.

This week on Who What When, we’re discussing the great kaleidoscope that is America with games about people and things that we now think of as completely American but actually came from other parts of the world.

A Southern Magnolia tree at the White House that traces its roots back to the era of President Andrew Jackson has been removed due to the risk of structural failure.

This week, we’ll be talking with Bennett Parten, author of Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest Emancipation (2025, Simon & Schuster).In Somewhere Toward Freedom, Ben reframes this seminal episode in Civil War history. He not only helps us understand how Sherman’s March impacted the war, and what it meant to the enslaved, but also reveals how it laid the foundation for the fledging efforts of Reconstruction.Sherman’s March has remained controversial to this day. Ben Parten helps us understand not just how the March affected the outcome of the Civil War, but also what it meant to the enslaved—and he reveals how the March laid the foundation for the fledging efforts of Reconstruction.

“M” is for Middleton, Henry (1770-1846). Legislator, governor, congressman, diplomat.

“M” is for Middleton, Henry (1770-1846). Legislator, governor, congressman, diplomat.

This week on Who What When, we're traveling back to the American frontier with games about the history, culture, and folklore of the wild west.

“P” is for Pinckney, Thomas (1750-1828). Governor, diplomat, congressman, soldier.