“The Impact of the Korean War on Horry County”

The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation present a lecture by Nicholas Gallagher and Brogan Will on the impact of the Korean War on Horry County, Saturday, July 9 at 1 p.m.

Both Gallagher and Will were Prince Fellows during the 2021-2022 school year at Coastal Carolina University and conducted extensive research on Horry County during the Korean War. Gallagher is a History major at CCU and will graduate in December. He is a South Carolina Teaching Fellow and a member of the Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society. His research project examines the collective memory, as well as the impacts, of the Korean War on Horry County.

Will recently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from CCU and is currently enrolled as a graduate student at CCU in the Masters in the Art of Teaching program. His research project examines the life, death and repatriation of Master Sergeant Ernest Grainger, a soldier who was missing in action in Korea, until his remains were returned in 2012.

The program will begin at 1 p.m. in the McCown Auditorium, 805 Main Street in Conway. This event is free and open to the public. 

For more information, call (843) 915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website.