To the editor:
A friend of mine sent me your editorial regarding why we exactly need a Confederate Relic Room. Of particular interest was your assertion that said Relic Room be renamed the “South Carolina Military Museum”.
Fortunately for citizens of the Palmetto State, there already exists a South Carolina Military Museum. Located in Columbia across from Williams-Brice Stadium and inside the T. Eston Marchant National Guard Complex, the museum honors ALL of our sons and daughters in uniform from 1670 — when the colony of Carolina was founded — to the modern Global War on Terror.
If you haven’t heard of us, then it’s only because we have lacked the generous state support like the Confederate Relic Room. Instead, we have relied upon a legion of volunteers to literally build our museum from the ground up. In fact, presently, we are the second largest military museum in South Carolina, next only to Patriot’s Point.
The South Carolina Museum embodies all of the items you took issue with in your editorial. In this regard, we do not fixate on one particular conflict or era. Rather, we cover all of the battles and wars that have colored our state’s history — including some that many Sandlappers have never heard of.
— Steven C. Jeffcoat, registrar and public affairs officer, S.C. Military Museum, Columbia, S.C.
Editor’s Note: What makes this whole thing even more confusing is that the actual name of the Relic Room is “The South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum” — which means there are two South Carolina military museums in one town!
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