SCETV Bicentennial Celebrations | ETV Classics

Bicentennial Celebration Parade in Charleston 1988

SCETV has long celebrated South Carolina, documenting its history and its celebrations in our beautiful state.

The ETV Tape Vault is a repository of all things history, including documentations of Bicentennial Celebrations! We are pleased to present these three ETV Classics to you, as we explore our past.

 

Bicentennial Finale Trinity Cathedral and Columbia Museum of Art (1982)

Tom Fowler produced this ETV Classic, marking the finale of the commemoration of the state of South Carolina Bicentennial. Dr. Henry Lumpkin led the procession, marching with the Citadel Bagpipers, along with congregants carrying large flags to Trinity Cathedral, ultimately arriving at the altar for the presentation of the flags. 

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Parading from Trinity Cathedral to Columbia Museum of Art. 1982.

Columbia: Memories of a City | Carolina Journal (1986)

In this ETV Classic, Tom Fowler, host of Carolina Journal, presents a viewing of the film Columbia: Memories of a City  that commemorated and celebrated the founding of Columbia, South Carolina. Before airing the thirty-two minute Bicentennial film, we view a nine-minute clip from footage that did not fit into the film, as well as some additional highlights of the city, including an outing to the St. Patrick's Day celebration in Five Points.

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Columbia - Memories of a City. 1986.

Columbia: Memories of a City - Bicentennial Documentary 

This ETV Classic was produced by the Columbia Bicentennial Committee in cooperation with South Carolina Educational Television.

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Documentary Short Version. Children in a carriage.

A Bicentennial Celebration of the Ratification of the U.S. Constitution (1988)

On May 23,rd 1988, on Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina, the South Carolina General Assembly processed from St. Michael’s Church to the Exchange Building to mark the bicentennial of South Carolina's ratification of the Constitution. It was in Charleston, at the Exchange Building, that South Carolina ratified its approval of a new document, one which saw substantial thought and contributions by its native sons.

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General Assembly marches to Exchange Building in Charleston 1988.