Huguenot Society of South Carolina

11/11/2025

Our office will be closed today in observance of Veterans Day as we honor and thank all those who served in wartime and peacetime.

10/29/2025

A reminder for this event tomorrow afternoon...we look forward to seeing everyone!

Members and friends of the Society will recall Dr. Bertrand Van Ruymbeke and his books on Huguenot history. An earlier printing of his book, From New Babylon to Eden, is available in our online store. Dr. Van Ruymbeke will be visiting Charleston later this month and details of an event hosting him are provided below. THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

The Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World (CLAW) Program, in collaboration with several campus and community partners, is delighted to host Drs. Bertrand van Ruymbeke and Owen Stanwood on October 30, 2026 for a lecture on the role of Huguenots in SC within the broader Atlantic context. This will be a discussion format with opportunities for audience engagement and a book signing to follow. Copies of the newly released 20th anniversary edition of Bertrand Van Ruymbeke’s From New Babylon to Eden: the Huguenots and Their Migration to Colonial South Carolina will be for sale on site by the University of South Carolina Press and copies of Owen Standwood’s The Global Refuge: Huguenots in an Age of Empire will be available for purchase on site through the CofC Bookstore.

10/28/2025

Our website has been updated to include our Revolutionary Huguenots campaign and improved Events section. There is also an easy to access "Click here to apply for membership" button as we hope as many new members as possible will Join Us! as we celebrate the 250th and honor our Huguenot descendants of the American Revolution. Our homepage link is: https://huguenotsociety.org/

10/21/2025

The excitement is building.
Join Us! as we begin to celebrate America250 and SC250 by honoring the descendants of the French Protestant (Huguenot) immigrants who served in the American Revolution. Applications for membership are welcome and we encourage descendants to begin their applications now in order to enjoy with us the special celebrations and events in plan for 2026. Contact us to apply: office@huguenotsociety.org

10/20/2025

As we plan the week ahead, we remind all of this lovely event on the 23rd (Thursday) at 7pm at the French Protestant Huguenot Church.

Sharing a delightful program planned for October 23, 2025 at The French Protestant Huguenot Church. This is a tremendous opportunity to hear the Erben organ played by a master.

Built by New York's Henry Erben, the organ is one of the last Erben organs in America, two others being in St. Patrick's Basilica and St. Paul's Church, both in New York. The organ was specially built for the church when it was constructed in 1844.

10/17/2025

Sharing an event...
Our followers may recall our partnership with Explore Charleston to bring the Orange Workshop to everyone which shares the Huguenot history of the orange trade in Charleston. For our foodie friends, they are offering this event on duck! Admission is limited and free. See below for information and ticket link. We will be thinking of ways to glaze a duck with orange sauce!

Explore Charleston Presents: COOKING DUCKS WITH JAMIE HOUGH

As a native South Carolinian, fishing was imminent for Capt Jamie Hough of Redfish Mafia Charters in Charleston SC. In 1995, as a freshman studying Biology and Psychology at the College Of Charleston, Jamie began spending summers as a mate and later Capt. on boats at the world famous Bud-N-Mary's Marina in Islamorada, Fl. This led to a life of traveling and billfishing for months at a time. When back in Charleston, his inshore charter business began to thrive.

Now, almost 21 years later, Capt. Jamie Hough is either in Charleston chasing redfish and trout for charters on his Redfish Mafia pro team boat, or traveling all over the East and Gulf Coasts for Pro Redfish Tournaments as part of Team Redfish Mafia. Capt. Hough has numerous TV shows under his belt and several feature articles in publications such as Sport Fishing Magazine, SC Sportsman, and SC Game And Fish.

This cooking demonstration was created to showcase the Food Culture behind South Carolina’s Wetlands and the Outdoor Heritage that Charleston is blessed to call our backyard. With so many local hunters, conservationists and newcomers to our region looking to take advantage of what we have to offer- we are featuring one of our local fishing guides, celebrity chefs and sportsmen who will be preparing locally harvested duck

Jamie's Menu

Serving Pan seared duck breast, wild berry glaze, Honey Rosemary Carrots, Goat Cheese Polenta, artfully paired with a "Blade & Bow," old fashioned. Non-Alcoholic beverages provided."

FREE TICKETS:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cooking-ducks-with-jamie-hough-tickets-1417158522289?aff=oddtdtcreator

10/13/2025

In a recent blog, we share The French Prophets of London. Renée Marshall presents one of the curiosities in the Society’s collection - a series of small pamphlets written about three men who were known as the French Prophets. Click the link provided to read the full story.

The collection is one of the ways the Society works to preserve and perpetuate the memory of the Huguenots and sharing it is important to our mission.

The French Prophets of London

10/10/2025

Join Us! as we begin to celebrate America250 and SC250 by honoring the descendants of the French Protestant (Huguenot) immigrants who served in the American Revolution. Applications for membership are welcome and we encourage descendants to begin their applications now in order to enjoy with us the special celebrations and events in plan for 2026. Contact us to apply: office@huguenotsociety.org

10/07/2025

Members and friends of the Society will recall Dr. Bertrand Van Ruymbeke and his books on Huguenot history. An earlier printing of his book, From New Babylon to Eden, is available in our online store. Dr. Van Ruymbeke will be visiting Charleston later this month and details of an event hosting him are provided below. THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

The Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World (CLAW) Program, in collaboration with several campus and community partners, is delighted to host Drs. Bertrand van Ruymbeke and Owen Stanwood on October 30, 2026 for a lecture on the role of Huguenots in SC within the broader Atlantic context. This will be a discussion format with opportunities for audience engagement and a book signing to follow. Copies of the newly released 20th anniversary edition of Bertrand Van Ruymbeke’s From New Babylon to Eden: the Huguenots and Their Migration to Colonial South Carolina will be for sale on site by the University of South Carolina Press and copies of Owen Standwood’s The Global Refuge: Huguenots in an Age of Empire will be available for purchase on site through the CofC Bookstore.