Let’s Build Bridges

by | Feb 8, 2021 | Author, Blog, Books, Community Engagement, Drayton Hall Stories, Education, Outreach, Publication

First on Facebook – February 5, 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.
 
 
Following is an updated transcript of the original post as the book’s working title and other important aspects have since changed during  production:  
 
Can you help build bridges?
 
My new book, “Drayton Hall Stories: A Place & Its People,” was inspired by two people directly connected to Drayton Hall, Charlie Drayton and Catherine Braxton, shown above. One, the descendant of slave-owners, and the other, a descendant of the enslaved.
 
To be released in fall 2021, this book features their stories plus those of more than four dozen others. In one way or another, all felt deeply about this one place and connected with it in both heart and mind.
 
Since the expenses for editing, designing, publishing, marketing, distribution, and other services of about $40,000 need to be paid, the South Carolina Archives and History Foundation is accepting tax-deductible donations to help pay for them.

Can you help? 

To learn more:  http://bit.ly/3q167VwBOOKPROJECT

Donations to the Foundation of any amount are welcomed.
 
Note: The Drayton Hall Preservation Trust has approved this project but is not sponsoring it. A portion of the net proceeds from book sales will go to Drayton Hall to help historical preservation and education continue.
 
 

Preview my new book “Drayton Hall Stories: A Place and Its People”

 

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 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. He retired from Drayton Hall in 2015 after 25 years of distinguished service.

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.

All images courtesy of the author unless otherwise noted.

"Drayton Hall Stories" is now a 4X Award Winner with the SE Museum Conference's James R. Short Award, the Governor's Award in the Humanities, the SC Preservation Honor Award & the Alexander S. Salley Lifetime Achievement Award.

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