Exhibits focus on the island's natural and cultural history, including the Timucua Indians, cotton plantations that were established by American Revolutionary hero General Nathaniel Greene and cotton-gin inventor Eli Whitney, the history of the ruined mansion Dungeness and the Plum Orchard estate, and area activities during the War of 1812.
It therefore became the standard of the South Carolina militia, and when the war officially ended with the liberation of Charleston, on December 14, 1782, it was presented by General Nathaniel Greene's "Southern Continental & Militia Army", as the first American flag to be displayed in the South.
Nathaniel Greene Foster (1809–1869), American politician, lawyer, and military officer
Nathaniel Hawthorne | Graham Greene | Lorne Greene | Nathaniel Lyon | Nathaniel P. Banks | Nathaniel Bowditch | Nathanael Greene | Maggie Greene | Greene County | Susaye Greene | Nathaniel Philbrick | Greene and Greene | Nathaniel Dance | Jack Greene | Hugh Greene | Nathaniel Westlake | Nathaniel Rosen | Greene County, New York | Ellen Greene | Brian Greene | Wallace M. Greene | Richard Greene | Nathaniel Wallich | Nathaniel Parker Willis | Nathaniel Lardner | Nathaniel Kahn | Nancy Greene | Jackie Greene | Greene County, Ohio | Fort Greene |