First Scots Presbyterian Church Impression

The church my teammates and I chose was First Scots Presbyterian Church. This church is located on 53 Meeting Street in Charleston, SC. My teammates Jeff and Patrick and I chose this church because  of the location which is very nearby and the we enjoyed the beauty of the big church on the corner of the street.

This is First Scots Church entrance.

As shown in the photo above, The church was founded in 1731 by Caledonia immigrants. During this time, 12 Scottish families also held their first congragations here. The church was built in 1813 by Scottish Brothers John and James Gordon. According to research, my team and I believe that the church has been rebuilt since it was first founded.

One thing we found very unique about this church was the two bell towers. In research, we saw that the two bells were donated to the military during war.

Below are a few pictures of inside the church and the gravyard.

Ruth's Takeover!!!

Ruths Amazing story talk

On Februray 3, 2020 Ruth Miller takeover had just start. She had come to visit my Beyond the Grave class. Miller is a public historian and storyteller. She shared her tour guide and public speaker discoveries to us and it was really intresting . Miller is a certified tour guide for the City of Charleston. she wrote about to 7 to 8 books. That you can find here on her wonderful website. She mentions the "Winners write history books." While Miller was talking to my Beyond the Grave class she told me so many things about Charleston that I did not know at all. One thing that stood out to me when she was telling us about"Charleston is that Charleston population was actually mostly African Americans." I thought that was cool because they never tell you that in history class in high school.

This picture is me and Ruth Miller after she had just
finish talking to our class. I had to get a picture with because I just enjoyed it so much.

My favorite part of her presentation was when we got to do this activite where we had to identify what each tombstone shading she gave us. She told us that each tombstone desgin in her own words " Tell so us much about the person like if they are poor, rich, disabled, or is married. This was my favorite because I like hands on activities. 

This was one of the tombstone shading she gave my group. This is Samuel "Goat " Smalls
He was a disable black man who is most famous for writing a novel Porgy
That later became the only Oprea to be made and from United States.

Overall I really love Miller because she just birghten up the room and kept my attention with her wonderful stoires and her knowlodge. She was just amazing and I'm grateful for her coming to my class and teaching us so much!!!

The 10 amazing tombstones

The amazing two churches we visited this past class was Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Patrick Catholic Church.   We were on a scavenger hunt to find 10 different tombstones/ markes and explain the styles of each. I believed that this outing was very great and I can't wait to visit more churches.

This is a mausoleum.
I really can't tell who is buried here.
Cathedral Church of St. Luke 

This is a Cross tombstone
Burried here is jelan Hazlehurst.
Cathedral Church of St. Luke.

I do not know what kinda of tombstone this is.
I really can't tell who is burried here.
Cathedral Church of St. Luke

This is a Govt. Issue tombstone.
I can't really tell who is burried here.
Catherdral Church of St. Paul.

This is a Base & Cap
I can't really tell who is burried here.
Catherdral Church of St. Luke.

This is a a base & cap
Burried here is William Huge
Cathedral Church of St. Luke 

This is a Dem Socket
Burried here is Nell Sharpe
Cathedral Church of St. Luike and St. Paul

This is a mausoleum.
I really can't tell who is buried here.
Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul

This is a Sow tows.
I really can't tell who is buired here.
Cathedral Church of St. Luke

This is a Govt. Issue tombstone
John Hanckel is burried here.
Cathedral Church of St. Luke