Fuel for the Flame

Historical marker location:

2555 Sea Island Parkway, Saint Helena Island, South Carolina

( Marker can be reached from North Beach Road, 0.6 miles north of Hunting Island Drive.)

South Carolina was one of the original thirteen colonies that declared independence from Great Britain in 1776. However, it was also the first state to secede from the United States in 1860, which ultimately led to the Civil War.