The Native American Land Cessions of 1684

The Native American Land Cessions of 1684

November 9, 2023

In the late winter of 1684, the leaders of eight Native American tribes in the Lowcountry of South Carolina surrendered their traditional homelands to English colonists. A series of documents ostensibly signed on a single day that February ceded I...

Read more

Get Free Flu Vaccines at select branches for adults 19+

Get Free Flu Vaccines at select branches for adults 19+

November 8, 2023

The Charleston County Public Library is offering free flu vaccines for adults who are 19 and older who are uninsured or underinsured. This is in partnership with Carmichael Medical Training, the Autism Society of South Carolina and the Shifa Clini...

Read more

Join us for Medicaid Informational Sessions at select branches

Join us for Medicaid Informational Sessions at select branches

November 8, 2023

Do you have questions about the Medicaid Annual Review process? Have you recently been disenrolled from Medicaid and need healthcare resources? Attend this informational presentation from the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services ...

Read more

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with CCPL

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with CCPL

October 27, 2023

November is National Native American Heritage Month where we recognize the contributions, achievements and sacrifices of Native American people, the first inhabitants of the United States. It's also a time to celebrate their rich and vibrant cultu...

Read more

The Ghosts of Petit Versailles

The Ghosts of Petit Versailles

October 27, 2023

Petit Versailles, a lost residence in suburban Charleston, linked the tragic stories of two women who expired prematurely during the second quarter of the eighteenth century. The house fronting the Cooper River was built for Elizabeth Gadsden but ...

Read more

Access featured titles in the Charleston Literary Festival at CCPL

Access featured titles in the Charleston Literary Festival at CCPL

October 19, 2023

Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) has partnered with the Charleston Literary Festival to provide you access to titles being featured in the festival. The 2023 festival is November 3 - 12. This collaboration is part of an ongoing effort to i...

Read more

Project Pet Runway: Design and Showcase Pet Fashion Show

Project Pet Runway: Design and Showcase Pet Fashion Show

October 18, 2023

Charleston County Public Library and Pet Helpers present the First Annual Pet Fashion Show! Join us on Saturday, Jan. 20 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. at Baxter-Patrick James Island Library as our furry friends from Pet Helpers strut the catwalk for our ve...

Read more

CCPL celebrates National Novel Writing Month with Programs

CCPL celebrates National Novel Writing Month with Programs

October 18, 2023

The Hurd/St. Andrews Library is hosting a series of programs in celebration of National Novel Writing Month 2023 (NaNoWriMo) for teens and adults. Every November, writers around the world work toward writing 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days. NaN...

Read more

Newly Renovated Village Library in Mount Pleasant to Reopen on Monday, Oct. 30

Newly Renovated Village Library in Mount Pleasant to Reopen on Monday, Oct. 30

October 16, 2023

Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) will open the renovated  Village Library, located at 430 Whilden St in Mount Pleasant (map), on Monday, Oct. 30. The public is invited to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony beginning at 9 a.m. at the bra...

Read more

Demolition by Neglect in the 1720s: Forsaking Charleston

Demolition by Neglect in the 1720s: Forsaking Charleston's Earthen Fortifications

October 13, 2023

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, South Carolina’s colonial government raised a fortified trace of earthen walls and moats around the nucleus of urban Charleston. These defensive works constrained the town’s growth for more than twenty y...

Read more

Pages