Category Archives: Mann-Simons Site

Historic Columbia Foundation and CA Johnson High School To Hold Learning Our History, Shaping Our Future

Posted on April 12, 2013 by historiccolumbia

Historic Columbia Foundation and CA Johnson High School will hold Learning Our History, Shaping Our Future: CA Johnson Community History Day from 2 pm to 5 pm on Saturday, April 20 at CA Johnson High School. The free event features, … Continue reading →

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Mann-Simons Outdoor Museum Gets New Interactive Wayside Signage

Posted on February 20, 2013 by historiccolumbia

Historic Columbia Foundation is pleased to announce the completion of the Mann-Simons Outdoor Museum with the addition of interactive wayside signage and a new website, launched on February 13. “The installation of the wayside signage and the QR codes they … Continue reading →

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34th Annual Jubilee Festival Featured on Discover South Carolina Blog

Posted on September 11, 2012 by historiccolumbia

This August, Discover South Carolina’s SC Insider Arts and Cultural Blogger Shani Gilchrist joined us for the 34th Annual Jubilee Festival of Heritage. Check out Shani’s video blog entry about the festival and they newly installed Ghost Structure Exhibit here … Continue reading →

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The Columbia Star Highlights Jubilee Panel and Festival

Posted on August 24, 2012 by historiccolumbia

Anita Baker from The Columbia Star featured the Jubilee Panel Presentation and new Ghost Structures in her story African American sites in Columbia need to be preserved. Check out the article online here.

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Historic Columbia Foundation Awarded Grant From AT&T for Mann-Simons Learning Our History Project

Posted on August 23, 2012 by historiccolumbia

Historic Columbia Foundation was awarded a $11,500 grant from AT&T in support of the Mann-Simons community engagement project. The Learning Our History – Shaping Our Future project utilizes the Mann-Simons Site and Modjeska Simkins House to expose youth and elders … Continue reading →

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Otis Taylor from The State Newspaper Highlights Jubilee Festival

Posted on August 17, 2012 by historiccolumbia

Otis Taylor, from The State newspaper, highlighted the 34th Annual Jubilee Festival of Heritage in his article Festival invites guests to walk through ghost structures.

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Jubilee Festival Featured in Free Times

Posted on August 15, 2012 by historiccolumbia

Last week, Austin Price from the Free Times visited the Mann-Simons Site to learn more about this year’s 34th Annual Jubilee Festival of Heritage. Check out his story online here. To learn more about the Jubilee Festival of Heritage, coming … Continue reading →

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WLTX News19 Features the New Outdoor Museum at Mann-Simons

Posted on August 13, 2012 by historiccolumbia

Friday afternoon WLTX News19 reporter Sydney Cummins visited the Mann-Simons Site to learn more about the recent additions to the property. The new (free) Outdoor Museum at the site will debut at the Foundation’s 34th Annual Jubilee Festival of Heritage … Continue reading →

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Preservation Matters: Columbia, SC | Re-imagining the Past: Mann-Simons Site Focus of New Approaches to Interpretation

Posted on August 13, 2012 by historiccolumbia

For more than 30 years visitors to the tidy 19th-century cottage at 1403 Richland Street in downtown Columbia learned of Charleston native Celia Mann, whose journey from enslavement to freedom and relative prosperity in the antebellum capital city gave rise … Continue reading →

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What Do These Bones Mean? | Artifact of the Month!

Posted on August 7, 2012 by historiccolumbia

Among the many bones recovered from the archaeological excavations at the Mann-Simons site were those belonging to three raccoons. What do they mean? Most simply, the bones mean there were at least three raccoons on site for some portion of … Continue reading →

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