John Lowndes McLaurin

Historical marker location:

Bennettsville, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 9 and State Highway 79, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 9.)

Marker installed: 1972

(1860-1934).

The state dance of South Carolina is the shag, a style of swing dancing that originated in the beach towns along the Grand Strand in the 1940s.