Upcoming Exhibitions

“The Forgotten War: The Palmetto Regiment and the Mexican War”
July 1 - August 29, 2009

Opening July 1, the SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum will host the traveling panel exhibit, “The Forgotten War: The Palmetto Regiment and the Mexican War.”  In conjunction with this exhibit, the SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum will put on display, for the first time, a recently acquired 1847 letter.    

The SC State Museum organized the traveling exhibit, which features twenty-one exhibit panels describing the Palmetto Regiment’s experiences during the Mexican War, 1846-1848. When the United States declared war on Mexico, South Carolina sent ten companies known as the Palmetto Regiment.  The Palmetto Regiment participated in long marches, combating disease as well as enemy troops.  Veterans of the Palmetto Regiment went on to serve South Carolina again during the Civil War. 
 
In the letter from the SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum’s collection, First Lieutenant John B. Moragner details the events surrounding the Siege of Vera Cruz (March 1847) to Dr. J. J. Wardlaw. Vera Cruz was a key Mexican seaport and thought to be one of the strongest fortresses during the Mexican-American War.  The battle marked America’s first major amphibious assault and ended with the surrender and occupation of the city. American troops advanced inland, occupying Mexico City by September 1847. Lt. Moragne was from Abbeville, SC and served as an officer in Company E of the Palmetto Regiment.  He was killed five months later during the Battle of Chapultepec (September 1847).  The exhibit is on display through August 29, 2009.

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“World War I in 3D”
 September 4 – November 20, 2009

This 20-minute revolving show will feature over eighty stereocards from the Keystone View Company collection.  The cards have been digitally processed to display in the originally-intended format on a big screen.  Check back soon for more details.

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“Requiem: By the Photographers Who Died in Vietnam and Indochina”
March 5 – May 29, 2010

The exhibit encompasses dramatic photographs taken by photojournalists who were killed or reported missing while covering the conflict from 1945 to 1975. Requiem is a memorial to those men and women, and includes many of the last photographs that they ever took.  Check back soon for more details.