Redcliffe Plantation open to public near Aiken South Carolina
Redcliffe Plantation in Beech Island built 1857 by James Henry Hammond offers public tours. Ground floors restored with period furnishings including ballroom size hall library dining music room and adjoining bedroom. Grounds open by appointment weekdays. weekends 10 am to 3 pm Saturday and noon to 3 pm Sunday. admission 1 for adults 50 cents for students. weddings and picnics available.
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Aiken County
Redcliffe Plantation
Beech Island
Redcliffe
James Henry Hammond
South Carolina
Hammond
Senate
John Shaw Billings
S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Aiken
Aiken-Augusta
Augusta
S.C
Downer Elementary
Life Surpasses Art in Ridiculous Future Visions
A humorous meditation contrasts real feats like Larry Walters’s lawn chair flight with over the top gags about pigeons and space travel. The speaker notes how art imitates life and jokes about future transport, gum sales, and absurd Meccas of progress, ending with a wary laugh.
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Jonathan Winters
Los Angeles
Larry Walters
Jackie Gleason
Ralph Cramden
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