Berkeley County Library System (BCLS) has added "Cross: A Berkeley County Rural CommUNITY" local historical booklet to its collection. The booklet, by Carolyn Myers-Gillens, Ed.D., Michael J. Heitzler, Ed.D., Willis Sanders, Ed.S., and Salley Jo Eisenstein Dupree, MA, is a compilation of Sanders' illustrations of the Cross Community reflecting historical accounts from settlers to modern day personalities.
"Our past doesn't determine our future; nor does our history determine our destiny," said Berkeley County Councilman Caldwell Pinckney, Jr.. "Our Love and services to others is paramount to our future and destiny."
"Tourism and marketing studies consistently find that heritage and history attract visitors, home buyers, and investors to growing communities," said Michael Trinkley, Director of Chicora Foundation, Inc. Lexington County, South Carolina, 1992. "History impacts the self-perceptions of a place and are the first interests of tourists. A thorough study conducted for the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism found that the most important criteria for visitors to South Carolina included interest in history."
For more information on Cross: A Berkeley County Rural CommUNITY Local Historical Booklet, please contact Gene Brunson, Library Director, at 843-719-4241 or gene.brunson@berkeleycountysc.
