Upcoming Events

Weather Closure

All Day

All Branches

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Branches:

Beaufort Library, Bluffton Branch Library, Hilton Head Branch Library, Lobeco Branch Library, Port Royal Branch Library, St. Helena Branch Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Field Trip to the Beaufort National Cemetery, with Bonnie Wade-Mucia

1:00pm–2:00pm

Teens, Adults

Off Site

Open

Registration Required

Offsite Event

Open

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Local History

Registration Required

Event Details:

The Beaufort District Collection is going on a field trip to the Beaufort National Cemetery - and you're invited! Docent and historian Bonnie Wade-Mucia will be our tour guide. The tour will begin promptly at 1 PM and will last an hour.

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President's Day

All Day

All Branches

Closing

Branches:

Beaufort Library, Bluffton Branch Library, Hilton Head Branch Library, Lobeco Branch Library, Port Royal Branch Library, St. Helena Branch Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

A Party Divided: Political Divisions of the Beaufort Republican Party During Reconstruction, with Eric Ellis

11:00am–12:00pm

Teens, Adults

Beaufort Library

Library Branch: Beaufort Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Local History

Event Details:

Join us for a thought-provoking local history program given by Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Historian Eric Ellis.

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Introduction to Pat Conroy, a Lowcountry Legend

2:00pm–3:00pm

Adults

Beaufort Library

Library Branch: Beaufort Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Local History

Event Details:

Introduction to Pat Conroy, a Lowcountry Legend,” by Pat Conroy’s literary agent and longtime publicist Marly Rusoff.

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Reminiscences as Reclamations: Reading Susie King Taylor and Elizabeth Hyde Botume in Conversation, with Mollie Barnes

11:00am–12:00pm

Teens, Adults

Beaufort Library

Library Branch: Beaufort Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Local History

Event Details:

USCB's Mollie Barnes will present part of the coda of her new book, Paper Heroines (released February 5), where she studies Susie King Taylor’s Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C.

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History of Hunting Island State Park with Ranger Rachel Dunn

2:00pm–3:00pm

Teens, Adults

St. Helena Branch Library

Library Branch: St. Helena Branch Library

Room: Large Meeting Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Local History

Event Details:

Join Interpretive Ranger Rachel Dunn to explore the history of Hunting Island State Park. Hunting Island has been a place of interest for people living on the east coast for thousands of years.

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Loyal to the End: The Loyalists (or Tories) of Beaufort District, with Katie Epps

11:00am–12:00pm

Teens, Adults

Bluffton Branch Library

Library Branch: Bluffton Branch Library

Room: Large Meeting Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: America250, Local History

Event Details:

In some ways, the American Revolution was Beaufort District's first civil war. Join Palmetto Bluff Archaeologist Katie Epps as she discusses the often-overlooked Loyalists of Beaufort District and their actions in the Revolutionary War.

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Good Friday

All Day

All Branches

Closing

Branches:

Beaufort Library, Bluffton Branch Library, Hilton Head Branch Library, Lobeco Branch Library, Port Royal Branch Library, St. Helena Branch Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Poems and Postcards with Sydney Whiteside

11:00am–12:00pm

Teens, Adults

Port Royal Branch Library

Upcoming

Registration Required

Upcoming

Library Branch: Port Royal Branch Library

Room: Program Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Local History

Registration Required

Event Details:

Happy National Poetry Week!

Come one, come all,
Take a seat for a bit;
While I share a few tales
Of local poets.

I promise not to fill your time with only rhymes.

Staff Development Day

All Day

All Branches

Closing

Branches:

Beaufort Library, Bluffton Branch Library, Hilton Head Branch Library, Lobeco Branch Library, Port Royal Branch Library, St. Helena Branch Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Finding Your Joy in Local History Online

5:30pm–6:30pm

Teens, Adults

Beaufort Library

Upcoming

Registration Required

Upcoming

Library Branch: Beaufort Library

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Local History, National Library Week

Registration Required

Event Details:

Interested in local history resources that you can access online? Join the BDC's team as we walk you through our blogs, digital collections, and other online resources we offer.

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Adventures in Archives with Cassandra Knoppel

11:00am–12:00pm

Teens, Adults

Hilton Head Branch Library

Library Branch: Hilton Head Branch Library

Room: Large Meeting Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Local History, National Library Week

Event Details:

With National Library Week in full-swing and Preservation Week on the horizon, this program will highlight some of the unexpected treasures in the Beaufort District Collection.

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Cochineal with Dr. Randy James

2:00pm–3:00pm

Teens, Adults

St. Helena Branch Library

Library Branch: St. Helena Branch Library

Room: Large Meeting Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Local History

Event Details:

You may be wondering, "What is Cochineal?" The answer is not a simple one!

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Memorial Day

All Day

All Branches

Closing

Branches:

Beaufort Library, Bluffton Branch Library, Hilton Head Branch Library, Lobeco Branch Library, Port Royal Branch Library, St. Helena Branch Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

The Pardo Trail and Santa Elena with Dr. David Moore

11:00am–12:30pm

Teens, Adults

Off Site

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Local History

Event Details:

Santa Elena, now Parris Island, was the capital of colonial Spain's La Florida from August 1566 to July 1576.

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Juneteenth National Independence Day

All Day

All Branches

Closing

Branches:

Beaufort Library, Bluffton Branch Library, Hilton Head Branch Library, Lobeco Branch Library, Port Royal Branch Library, St. Helena Branch Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Independence Day (Observed)

All Day

All Branches

Closing

Branches:

Beaufort Library, Bluffton Branch Library, Hilton Head Branch Library, Lobeco Branch Library, Port Royal Branch Library, St. Helena Branch Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Independence Day

All Day

All Branches

Closing

Branches:

Beaufort Library, Bluffton Branch Library, Hilton Head Branch Library, Lobeco Branch Library, Port Royal Branch Library, St. Helena Branch Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Labor Day

All Day

All Branches

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Branches:

Beaufort Library, Bluffton Branch Library, Hilton Head Branch Library, Lobeco Branch Library, Port Royal Branch Library, St. Helena Branch Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Staff Development Day

All Day

All Branches

Closing

Branches:

Beaufort Library, Bluffton Branch Library, Hilton Head Branch Library, Lobeco Branch Library, Port Royal Branch Library, St. Helena Branch Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Veterans Day

All Day

All Branches

Closing

Branches:

Beaufort Library, Bluffton Branch Library, Hilton Head Branch Library, Lobeco Branch Library, Port Royal Branch Library, St. Helena Branch Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Early Closure

5:00pm–11:45pm

All Branches

Closing

Branches:

Beaufort Library, Bluffton Branch Library, Hilton Head Branch Library, Lobeco Branch Library, Port Royal Branch Library, St. Helena Branch Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

Heritage Day

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Branches:

Beaufort Library, Bluffton Branch Library, Hilton Head Branch Library, Lobeco Branch Library, Port Royal Branch Library, St. Helena Branch Library, Bookmobiles, Off Site

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