south carolina cruises Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/south-carolina-cruises Sun, 05 Jun 2016 14:37:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 South Carolina Travel Destinations http://toursmaps.com/south-carolina-travel-destinations.html http://toursmaps.com/south-carolina-travel-destinations.html#respond Tue, 07 Jun 2016 11:00:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=205232 The results of the Spanish-American War included Cuban independence and the U.S. acquisition of Puerto Rico as a territory. Connections between Puerto Rico and South Carolina formed in the next few decades. The construction of an army base in the midlands of South Carolina, Camp Jackson, began in 1917; the following year, roughly 2,000 Puerto Ricans arrived to help with base construction. Shortly after they arrived, an epidemic of influenza struck the area, and many of these laborers died. Most survivors were shipped back to Puerto Rico after the armistice was signed, and work on Camp Jackson slowed, although some

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