by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Mar 1, 2023 | Blog, Community Engagement, Conservation, Education, Historic Preservation, Outreach, Planning, Whole Place Preservation
See the aerial. Parker’s Kitchen, the convenience store chain, wants to put a store at Cook’s Crossroads, not far from the Ashley River, with a bunch of gas pumps. Several years ago, Dorchester Co. Council passed a master plan for that district, identifying it...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Mar 28, 2022 | Blog, Community Engagement, Conservation, Education, Historic Preservation, Outreach, Planning, Whole Place Preservation
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...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Sep 16, 2021 | African American History, Author, Blog, Books, Community Engagement, Drayton Hall Stories, Education, Interpretation, Outreach, Professionals
. Max A. van Balgooy, Assistant Professor in the Museum Studies Program at George Washington University, teaches museum management, historical interpretation, and community engagement. A frequent author, he is president of Engaging Places, a strategy firm for museums...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Sep 10, 2021 | Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Education, Historic Preservation, Interpretation, Professionals
Matthew Webster was director of the preservation department of Drayton Hall and now serves as Executive Director, Grainger Department of Architectural Preservation and Research at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. At Drayton Hall, he discovered architectural...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jun 29, 2021 | African American History, Blog, Books, Community Engagement, Drayton Hall Stories, Education, Family, Interpretation
First on Facebook – June 29, 2021 Click on the Facebook logo in the upper right corner above to read all the comments and enlarge the photos, or read the transcript below. Lucille Blunt, above right, remembering her youth while living with her...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jun 24, 2021 | African American History, Blog, Books, Community Engagement, Drayton Hall Stories, Education, Family, Interpretation, Outreach
First on Facebook – June 24, 2021 Click on the Facebook logo in the upper right corner above to read all the comments and enlarge the photos, or read the transcript below. GWM: Could you describe the values and skills of your mother, who grew up at Drayton...