Piedmont Historical Preservation Society

06/02/2026

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Mr. Albert Rowell.

Historian, journalist, author, “Connecticut Yankee”, and founder of the first museum in Piedmont in the Men’s Building on Main Street in Piedmont.

06/01/2026

Join our local volunteer organizations Sunday, June 28th 2:00-5:00 pm, at the Piedmont Riverfront Park, 550 River Road as we celebrate Carolina Day, a day marking 250 years of Freedom.

Plans included a short program showcasing some of the members of the Piedmont Community Choir and information from local volunteer groups.

There will be SWAG Bags for the kids with loads of treats! Snacks and drinks will be provided by local volunteer groups and churches Take time to walk the nature trails and enjoy the view of the river.

🔺Round up your neighbors and organize a carpool as the parking is a bit limited. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy Piedmont’s newest treasure.

We are asking area churches to join in on the celebration and Ring the Bells: 250/25! Yes, Two-Five- O-Two -Five! June 28, What does it mean? June 28, will be the day... We need you to ring your bells and chimes, 25 taps on the bells across Piedmont and all of Anderson County at 2:50 PM, one tap for each decade of ten years in Celebration of Carolina Day.

05/29/2026

The marker commemorates the General's Road, and its story is Anderson's story — which is to say it is the story of how a dirt path through the South Carolina Piedmont became a county seat, and how a county seat became a city, and how, somewhere in that transformation, the original name got left be...