11 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.MountPleasantPodcast.com It’s easy to step back in time since history surrounds us and Independence Day just happened. Our local history includes four signers of the Declaration of Independence: Edward Rutledge, Arthur Middleton, Thomas Heyward Jr. and Thomas Lynch Jr., all of whom had ties to coastal Carolina. Rutledge, whose family owned land in Mount Pleasant, was the youngest to sign the Declaration of Independence at 26, but he convinced the others, who had previously refused to sign, into signing and joining the independence movement against Britain. Anyone who knows me knows that I gravitate towards people who are independent thinkers — I promise this is not a play on words. Can you imagine being in the room with the signers of the Declaration of Independence as Benjamin Franklin says, “We must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” Yes, the Declaration of Independence is our country’s founding document, but for me it was also the mindset represented by the people who were in that room — independent-thinking people who started our country down the road of free enterprise and entrepreneurial innovation. The independent thinking of Rutledge, Middleton, Heyward, Lynch and the 52 other people in that room lives on in Mount Pleasant Magazine and every small and large business that exists today. See our local historian's account on the four signers on Page 22. Now I must confess I’ve never had an idea that I would want to hang for, but that was then, and this is now. I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July and that Mount Pleasant Magazine enriches your life in some way. I know the team publishing our magazines for you enriches our lives. Positively yours, Bill Macchio Publisher • Publisher@MountPleasantMagazine.com publisher’s note Summer Edition • VOL. 14, ISSUE 4 PUBLISHER BILL MACCHIO PUBLISHER@MOUNTPLEASANTMAGAZINE.COM MANAGING EDITOR ZACH GIROUX EDITOR@MOUNTPLEASANTMAGAZINE.COM ART DIRECTOR DANA COLEMAN PRODUCTION MANAGER BETHANY LONG DIGITAL DIRECTOR BRITTANY GEORGE BRITTANY@MOUNTPLEASANTMAGAZINE.COM COPY EDITOR COLIN MCCANDLESS SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGERS ANTHONY MACCHIO BROOKE KAPING GILLIAN BEVILLE BRAND AMBASSADOR STACEY MCLOUGHLIN STACEY@MOUNTPLEASANTMAGAZINE.COM AD DESIGNERS BETHANY LONG KIM HALL REBECCA SOTTILE TECHNOLOGY GEORGE CONKLIN BRIAN SMITH WRITERS ISABEL ALVARZ ARATA • GILLIAN BEVILLE • MARY COY KATIE FINCH • MAURICE FRAZIER • BROOKE KAPING CARI LAWSON • CLARK LEACH • COLIN MCCANDLESS SARAH ROSE • ANNE TOOLE • BROOKE WATSON PHOTOGRAPHER MARK STAFF INDEPENDENT MEDIA CONSULTANTS MAURICE FRAZIER MAURICE@MOUNTPLEASANTMAGAZINE.COM SARAH ROSE SARAH@MOUNTPLEASANTMAGAZINE.COM BRITTANY GEORGE BRITTANY@MOUNTPLEASANTMAGAZINE.COM ADMINISTRATION & BOOKKEEPING GINGER SOTTILE BOSS DOG REGGIE DISTRIBUTION U.S. POST OFFICE • HARRIS TEETER • PUBLIX • CVS Mount Pleasant Magazine is published locally by a team of independent contractors. Mount Pleasant Magazine is published six times per year by Media Services, Inc. 1013 Chuck Dawley Blvd., Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Copyright © Media Services 2024. All rights reserved. Reproduction electronically or in print format without the expressed written consent of the publisher is strictly prohibited and a violation of U.S. copyright laws. Inquiries to: Mount Pleasant Magazine P.O. Box 22617, Charleston, SC 29413 843-881-1481 Info@MountPleasantMagazine.com
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