On February 18th, my class had the pleasure of meeting Ruth Miller, a true expert on the religious history of Charleston. I say expert because she has been a historian and local tour guide for a few decades by now and shared a boatload of information with us in just sixty minutes!
The main focus of Ruth's lecture was the religious history of Charleston and a direct quote from Ruth stated how "graveyards can be pictures of history." We traveled through years and years of history with Ruth and discovered how we can see the influences of the various religions throughout the graveyards in Charleston.
Some facts that I found to be interesting from her lecture were how much history exists in our city. for example; Meeting street is named after "meeting houses" that existed in the Quaker religion. Another interesting fact is that the burial grounds of free colored people are located right behind our very own Addlestone Library!
Click here for Ruth's website.
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| Ruth Miller |
The main focus of Ruth's lecture was the religious history of Charleston and a direct quote from Ruth stated how "graveyards can be pictures of history." We traveled through years and years of history with Ruth and discovered how we can see the influences of the various religions throughout the graveyards in Charleston.
Some facts that I found to be interesting from her lecture were how much history exists in our city. for example; Meeting street is named after "meeting houses" that existed in the Quaker religion. Another interesting fact is that the burial grounds of free colored people are located right behind our very own Addlestone Library!
Click here for Ruth's website.
