Camden SC
Just a heads up, my favorite website is roadside America . It has the craziest places to stop on the road to see. Some not worth the time, some very hard to find (even with directions), and some you just scratch your head. Today’s stops were graves and statues. The Statue I had a hard time finding it but it is pretty cool looking. I found the town very quaint and I definitely want to go back and just walk around the town, exploring more. So King George II decreed 1732 this town and it was named Fredericksburg, but in 1758 it changed its name to Pine Tree Hill until Joseph Kershaw changed the it to Camden in honor of Charles Pratt, Lord Camden, and early advocate of the colonies in the Parliament. Joseph Kershaw established a branch office of a Charleston mercantile firm. Later he became its first mayor. Guess he was a big deal because they named the county after him. By the Time the Revolutionary, Camden was booming both economically and culturally. After Cornwallis c...