Line Street: Vestige of the War of 1812

Line Street: Vestige of the War of 1812

September 13, 2024

COMING UP ON THE NEXT CHARLESTON TIME MACHINE: Line Street isn’t the most glamorous thoroughfare in the City of Charleston, but it recalls a significant episode in the community’s history. During the darkest days of the War of 1812 with Britain, t...

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Newly Renovated Edisto Library to Reopen

Newly Renovated Edisto Library to Reopen

September 13, 2024

CHARLESTON, SC – Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) will open the renovated Edisto Island Library, located at 1589 Hwy 174 at Trinity Church on Edisto Island, on Monday, Oct. 7. The public is invited to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony...

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Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with CCPL

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with CCPL

September 11, 2024

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 with the Charleston County Public Library September 15 to October 15!  Throughout the month-long celebration we will recognize the achievements and contributions of Hispanic and Latinx Americans.

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Newmarket: Charleston’s Suburban Racecourse and Slave Auction Site

Newmarket: Charleston’s Suburban Racecourse and Slave Auction Site

September 6, 2024

Just beyond the boundaries of urban Charleston, a hundred-acre pasture straddling Meeting Street hosted a variety of events during the second half of the eighteenth century. Crowds of people flocked to the suburban site called Newmarket to toll th...

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Library Card Sign-Up Month

Library Card Sign-Up Month

September 4, 2024

This September, Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) is joining the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries nationwide for Library Card Sign-Up Month, a time for everyone to discover the incredible resources and opportunities availa...

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Library Day at Patriots Point

Library Day at Patriots Point

September 4, 2024

Join us for Library Day at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum on September 7 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Summer Readers, use your prize vouchers for free entry.

Join us for special activities, hands-on history, giveaways and meet our library masc...

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NEA Big Read: Their Eyes Were Watching God

NEA Big Read: Their Eyes Were Watching God

September 4, 2024

In partnership with NEA Big Read with the City of Charleston, you're invited to join CCPL librarians for discussions of Zora Neale Hurston's classic novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God." With haunting sympathy and piercing immediacy, Their Eyes We...

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Americans and the Holocaust

Americans and the Holocaust

September 4, 2024

Charleston County Public Library is one of 50 U.S. libraries selected to host AMERICANS AND THE HOLOCAUST, a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ respons...

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Enter our 2024 Bookmark Design Contest

Enter our 2024 Bookmark Design Contest

August 29, 2024

The Charleston County Public Library's Annual Bookmark Design Contest kicks off in September! It is open to students in Pre-K through 12th grade. Starting September 1, visit any branch to grab an entry form and design a bookmark for CCPL around th...

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TAB

TAB

August 23, 2024

Join one of our Charleston County Public Library Teen Advisory Boards to help shape the future of your library! Work with other teens to create and implement programs and participate in service projects. Plus, you can earn service hours for the me...

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