Beth Shalom Synagogue

Historical marker location:

1719 Marion Street, Columbia, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Marion Street and Blanding Street on Marion Street.)

Marker installed: 2016

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.