I am from Charleston SC. The only thing missing was a shot out to Mr. Philip Simmons. He was an African American blacksmith who spent countless hours working on those amazing iron gates you see on those houses. His family have worked on them for 100 plus years. One of them is located in the Smithsonian. Mr. Simmons sent hundreds of kids off to college. He was one of our heroes.
Seriously. I too am from a Charleston, and the way those iron gates was described it was if the source of that craft was a mystery. Time and place and frame of mind are some funny things. Sometimes not funny at all.
I’m a white guy from Charleston, and my family had deep roots on Wadamalaw and John’s Island, and I was always told that Geeche was like Gullah but had much more white influence than the strictly black Gullah. Whatever the truth is, I love islands, and my blood runners pluff mudd. It’s my only home. There is no other town like it anywhere. Well, there’s Savannah. That’s a joke.
Mind you, Savanna is not a joke,it’s beautiful. The joke is the default comparison. In reality, Charleston, being a peninsula city set between two rivers is more like Manhattan. But it’s culture and old beauty, charm, and the cultural foundation of being on the water are most like New Orleans.
And they mention Francis Marion, then show where he eluded and outwitted his adversaries, yet no mention of his nickname, the Swamp Fox. There are legends that are only legends, and there are legends that are more real than can be conveyed through diction or print. The Swamp Fox was one of those. I know those swamps well, and they are one of the few places where I truly feel at peace and at home with the gators and the snakes and the rest of those critters. And to know what an important part of American history was made in those swamps where knowledge and patience can yield extraordinary outcomes. The Lowcountry is Gods Country. When my toes are in the sand and the mud, I am truly, truly home.
Good grief, as I said in another comment, it’s funny/not funny how things were portrayed with certain names given such respect yet deserve to be known for the reality of their practice of enslaving fellow humans.
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I am from Charleston SC. The only thing missing was a shot out to Mr. Philip Simmons. He was an African American blacksmith who spent countless hours working on those amazing iron gates you see on those houses. His family have worked on them for 100 plus years. One of them is located in the Smithsonian. Mr. Simmons sent hundreds of kids off to college. He was one of our heroes.
Great to know. What an artist and craftsman!
Seriously. I too am from a Charleston, and the way those iron gates was described it was if the source of that craft was a mystery. Time and place and frame of mind are some funny things. Sometimes not funny at all.
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I’m from Charleston sc buh we geechie
I’m a white guy from Charleston, and my family had deep roots on Wadamalaw and John’s Island, and I was always told that Geeche was like Gullah but had much more white influence than the strictly black Gullah. Whatever the truth is, I love islands, and my blood runners pluff mudd. It’s my only home. There is no other town like it anywhere. Well, there’s Savannah.
That’s a joke.
Mind you, Savanna is not a joke,it’s beautiful. The joke is the default comparison. In reality, Charleston, being a peninsula city set between two rivers is more like Manhattan. But it’s culture and old beauty, charm, and the cultural foundation of being on the water are most like New Orleans.
Just wow. Thank you for sharing.
And they mention Francis Marion, then show where he eluded and outwitted his adversaries, yet no mention of his nickname, the Swamp Fox. There are legends that are only legends, and there are legends that are more real than can be conveyed through diction or print. The Swamp Fox was one of those. I know those swamps well, and they are one of the few places where I truly feel at peace and at home with the gators and the snakes and the rest of those critters. And to know what an important part of American history was made in those swamps where knowledge and patience can yield extraordinary outcomes. The Lowcountry is Gods Country. When my toes are in the sand and the mud, I am truly, truly home.
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Beautiful.
travelogue referenced by Witold Rybczynski in CHARLESTON FANCY
Remarkable
Beautiful footage
i have rich family roots in charleston SC.
Good grief, as I said in another comment, it’s funny/not funny how things were portrayed with certain names given such respect yet deserve to be known for the reality of their practice of enslaving fellow humans.
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