Our job is to try to develop the collections related to South Carolina history.

Regardless of whether there was a massacre or not, (the battle) became a symbol to rejuvenate the Patriot cause.

It's in pretty good shape, considering.

I'm truly worried about the country's direction. I can tell you this categorically, we've got the weakest president and the weakest governor in the history of my 50 years of public service.

My interest in writing about American history stemmed originally, I think, from a subconscious desire to find roots - I felt like a girl without a country. I have put down roots quite firmly by now, but in the process, I have discovered the joys of research and am probably hooked.

Children are like the zombies I once saw in a film at Dad's. We have to do as we're told and obey like our brains have got eaten.