Southern Lady

Storied Seaside

A light Carolina breeze wafting through mighty oaks along the streets of Georgetown adds coastal ambience to what was once one of America’s richest cities, a bustling colonial seaport, now a quaint historic waterfront with friendly folks ready to tell a tale.

“Georgetown has a lot of history—a lot of history people don’t know about,” says Janette Rodrigues, whose parents founded the local Gullah Museum, one of five museums that use different perspectives to narrate the story of this hamlet of 9,000 residents an

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