by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Apr 29, 2022 | Author, Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Public Speaking
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 | Feb 24, 2022 | Author, Blog, Books, Drayton Hall Stories, Publication
Last week Elizabeth “Liz” Hunt Alston, a friend, tripped on a sidewalk in Charleston, hit her head, went to the hospital, was fine for a few days, and suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage. Here’s my letter-to-the-editor in the Post and Courier, Feb. 24....
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Apr 28, 2019 | African American History, Blog, Board Development, Community Engagement, Education, Interpretation, Outreach
Chef Kevin Mitchell Pays Tribute to the African American Cooks of Drayton Hall April 27, 2019 A memorable evening, indeed! Chef Kevin Mitchell paid tribute to the African American cooks of Drayton Hall at a Society of 1738 program, by devising a tasteful menu...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2019 | Blog, Board Development, Governance, Historic Preservation, Operations
Celebrating the 90th Birthday of Peter McGee April 6 was a special day in Charleston when Patti McGee, along with her daughters, Madeleine and Evie, threw a wonderful birthday party for her husband Peter, a leader (like her) in historic preservation in...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jun 14, 2018 | Blog, Community Engagement, Outreach, Planning, Whole Place Preservation
Charleston’s Post & Courier Highlights Local Access Efforts on the Ashley River What it’s like to see decades of work come to fruition? This story from the front page of Charleston’s newspaper, The Post and Courier, gives a...