#sumter

[unteriors]

Green Swamp Road, Sumter, South Carolina.

[mother-lee]

sumter & everywhere

[unplaces]

Franklin Ln, Sumter, South Carolina.

[rebelyells]

January 9, 1861 the Star of the West was fired upon by the Citadel as it reinforced Ft. Sumter as a show of aggression against states rights! The first shots between North/South

[benandstevesposts]

Community members raised concerns that attacks are attempts to erase its history and gentrify its neighborhoods.

The calmness of the wind reverberated across the burial ground as Beverly Steele motioned to her mother’s grave in Oak Hill Cemetery. Three months ago, they buried her here, just 12 days shy of her 102nd birthday. 

It’s not uncommon for residents in the majority-Black, unincorporated community of Royal, Florida, to live past 100 years old. The Rev. Matthew Beard, the oldest resident in the community’s history, lived to be 115. 

On a recent February afternoon, Steele, dressed in her Sunday best, peered out at the acres and acres of land surrounding Oak Hill Cemetery, also known as the Royal Cemetery. As she reminisced about her mother, she also remembered her aunt, who was called on as the community’s local historian. She could recall who had the first brick house, the first postmaster, and the three founding families—Hollies, Picketts, and Andersons—of the community.

The sounds of large trucks chugging down the narrow road near the cemetery snap Steele back to today’s reality. Mere miles away from the site is Interstate 75, which split the community of Royal in half 50 years ago. A few miles from there is the old Monarch Road cemetery, or old slave cemetery as the locals call it. It, too, is split in half by a paved road. A family lives on the primary site where most of the headstones can be seen. It is the cemetery where Steele’s great-great-great-grandfather — and one of the community’s co-founders — is buried. 

Tucked away, 55 miles north of Orlando, Royal’s estimated 1,200 Black residents still live on the inherited 40-acre plots from the Homestead Act of 1862. The close-knit community is located in the city of Wildwood, which in the past two decades has grown in population to 150,000. The 77-year-old Steele and other Royal residents say the rapid growth of The Villages, a retirement community that borders Wildwood, is part of the constant development efforts upending their lives.

Recent plans for highways, affordable housing units, and industrial use projects are disrupting their peace and comfort. In some cases, residents have been pressured to sell their land. Several community members raised concerns to Capital B that these attacks are attempts to erase its history and gentrify its neighborhoods. They also fear the increased traffic and industrial pollution from the projects will cause detrimental health effects in its community, primarily elders. 

This isn’t the first time Royal citizens have come up against efforts to build in their community.

Residents and Sumter County commissioners rejected a plan in 1988 to construct a turnpike through Royal. In 2019, state lawmakers approved a bill to create the Northern Florida Extension, or turnpike project, to build three roads across rural central Florida, including Royal. Read more in the complete report here!

[cdntennis]

Palmetto Pro Open 2024 (Sumter, United States)

Canada's Carson Branstine won earlier today the biggest singles title of her career so far with a 7-6(6), 6-7(6), 6-1 victory over Sophia Chang at the ITF W75 in Sumter. This is the fifth ITF singles title of her career, her second this year, having won back in January the ITF W35 tournament in Monastir, Tunisia. With the win, Branstine should be ranked a career-high of No. 344 in tomorrow's new rankings.

(Picture : © Carson Branstine)

[drpauldragocharlottenorthcarolin]

Dr Paul Drago Charlotte North Carolina - An Avid Golfer | Imdb

Charlotte's Dr. Paul Drago, a dedicated physician, aims for comprehensive patient care, keeps updated with the latest medical innovations, and enjoys golf and family.

[conandaily2022]

Fort Bliss, Texas soldier Ny'Quan Ontario Thames released on $10.5k surety bond

Ny’Quan Ontario Thames, 21, of Sumter, South Carolina, United States is a U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, USA.

[clbphotography3]

Sumter

Sumter worked 3F in :36.60.

[pauldragomd]

Paul Drago MD - An Accomplished Physician | Goodreads

With Yale training, Dr. Paul Drago excels in anti-aging medicine, cosmetic surgery, and caring for patient interactions.

[aunt-marys-niece]

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[hazellvsq]

frank turning into a dragon in the mark of athena evacuation when it was the beginning of the book and when it wasn't even his pov, even though we as readers and camp jupiter as a collective had no clue he could DO that...you really had to be there. even annabeth was like HUH. later books have people fixating on his ability to be a swarm of bees but where has frank seen a dragon before that he could imitate? he'd never shapeshifted in his life until the day before and offpage decided to do a mythological creature as opposed to an animal. he just came up with that!

[unplaces]

27 Harrison St, Sumter, South Carolina.

[rebelyells]

On this date, January 9th, 1861, South Carolina responds to the first in a series of acts of war committed by the United States government against the Palmetto State, by firing on the Star of The West, attempting to reinforce Ft. Sumter. Credit John Fisher

[macaron-n-cheese]

Today (April 13th) I am 18! It's also Neil's 18th anniversary of banging out the tunes (I gave him a little sweater hehe). Also Jefferson's 281st birthday. And surrender of Fort Sumter's 163rd anniversary.

Me:

(thank you person on pinterest who posted a bunch of photos of 1776 Jefferson)

[unicornsaures]

hii some photos from fort sumter :3