Beech Island Historical Society Lecture

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6 years ago

Promoting The Historical Resources of Audubon SC’s Silver Bluff – January 2019

As a red-tailed hawk soars above a place, what would it see if it could travel through time as well as space?

That’s the question I asked at the Beech Island Historical Society. My focus was on Silver Bluff, the SC Audubon Society’s remarkable nature sanctuary along the Savannah River. I’m on contract to identify, help preserve, and promote its historical resources, which span the last 11,000 years. What might that hawk have seen? More to follow.

Hats off to Jackie and Benny Bartlett, Sharon Richardson, my son George, Kenny Jarrett, and many others, including all those in attendance — you were an excellent and thoughtful audience and I thank you all.

The Savannah River – home to Silver Bluff, the colonial site, trading post, plantation, and now a sanctuary of Audubon, SC.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

George W. McDaniel, Ph.D., is President of McDaniel Consulting, LLC, a strategy firm that helps organizations use history to build bridges within itself and to its broader constituents. The company’s tag line, “Building Bridges through History,” is grounded in McDaniel’s personal beliefs and his experience in site management, preservation, education, board development, fundraising, and community outreach. Rather than using history to divide us, he strives to help organizations use history, especially local history, to enhance cross-cultural understanding and to support local museums, preservation, and education. Dr. McDaniel recently led volunteer efforts with Emanuel AME Church and historical organizations in Charleston to use historic preservation to enhance racial reconciliation and healing. McDaniel is also the Executive Director Emeritus of Drayton Hall, a historic site in Charleston, SC, owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

A frequent writer, speaker, and facilitator about such issues, he can be reached at gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com or through his website at www.mcdanielconsulting.net.

Header Image: Red-tailed Hawk from the Audubon Guide to North American Birds, photo by Brian K. Wheeler, VIREO