The 2010 official South Carolina Hall of Fame induction of Robert Smalls, a former slave and Civil War hero who later became a state representative and senator and U.S. congressman, and Richard Wilson Riley, a former governor and U.S. secretary of education will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30am at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.
A reception will take place in the Hall of Fame lobby at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center immediately following the induction ceremony. Portraits of both inductees will be unveiled and added to the gallery in the lobby. The ceremony is free and open to the public.
Each year, one contemporary citizen and one deceased citizen are inducted. Past inductees include author Pat Conroy, President Andrew Jackson, jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie, Sen. J. Strom Thurmond, astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr. and more than 75 others.
The Confederation of South Carolina Local Historical Societies is the official organization for selecting nominees. Each of the confederation's 10 districts selects one contemporary and one deceased nominee annually, a total of 10 contemporary and 10 deceased nominees, for consideration by the board of trustees.
The official South Carolina Hall of Fame, a nonprofit corporation conducted under state charter, is sponsored by the state of South Carolina, city of Myrtle Beach and Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.
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