First Presbyterian Church in Sumter offers glimpse of past with its 200th anniversary archives display

BY ALAYSHA MAPLE
alaysha@theitem.com
Posted 9/8/23

Two centuries ago in 1823, when horse-drawn carriages trotted along unpaved roads, and the glow of electric lights was but a distant dream, the Sumter community looked vastly different.

It was a time when life flowed at a gentler pace, marked by …

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