Preston Brooks Dinner

Historical marker location:

Ninety Six, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street West and Cambridge Street (South Carolina Highway 248), on the right when traveling south on Main Street West.)

Marker installed: 1959

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.