The site of this photo has a particular significance in South Carolina, but what is it? Send your best guess — as well as your name and hometown — to feedback@statehousereport.com. Pls put “Mystery Photo” in the subject line.
Last week’s photo was no mystery to several, including Herb Hartsook, director of South Carolina Political Collections at the University of South Carolina library in Columbia. He wrote, “I actually know this one. The eagles appear on the wonderful monument to S.C.’s Palmetto Regiment, which served so gloriously (if you weren’t among the many dead and wounded) in the war with Mexico. Located on the Statehouse grounds, it is a an imposing tribute.”
Hats off to Chuck Lesser of Columbia, George Graf of Palmyra, Va., Chris Brooks of Mount Pleasant and Bud Ferillo of Columbia, all of whom correctly identified the image.
If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: feedback@statehousereport.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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