Landmark Conference - Sumter
​March 27-29, 2025

We're looking forward to the Conference in Sumter Thursday evening through Saturday, March 27-29.
Sessions and tours celebrate Sumter history in the context of state and national history. The Conference is an excellent opportunity to connect and reconnect with historians from across the state.
We're grateful for our presenting sponsor, Love Sumter, and other sponsors Sumter Museum, Sumter County Genealogical Society and South Carolina Historical Society.
Don't miss it!
Submit awards nominations
Deadline: Friday, February 28
Awards Luncheon: Friday, March 28
Be a Sponsor to help fund it and promote your organization.

Conference Hotel

HYATT PLACE SUMTER/DOWNTOWN
18 N Main Street, Sumter
Group Code: G-CSCH
$139 for King or two Queen
Deadline: 2/28/2025
Phone: 803-774-8100
Website 

Presenting Sponsor

Exhibitors
Military Women's Memorial 
USC Press   
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If you'd like to be an exhibitor on Friday during the Conference, let us know by completing our online Exhibitor Form.

Sponsors

Sumter Museum (Sponsor & Host)
Sumter County Genealogical Society
​Sumter County Historical Commission
South Carolina Historical Society 

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Past Landmark Conferences

2024 - Orangeburg, SC - SC: Shaping History, Civil Rights Edition
2023 - Florence, SC (Hosted by Frances Marion University)
2022 - Lexington County, SC "Legends and Liver Nips"
2021 - No conference due to COVID19 pandemic
2020 - Charleston, SC "350 Years of Change" - Cancelled due to COVID19 pandemic
2019 - Anderson, SC "Untold Stories"
2018 - Fort Mill, SC "Made in Ft. Mill"
2017 - Berkeley County, SC
2016 - Beaufort, SC
2015 - Oconee County, SC "Mountain, Museums & More!"
2014 - Calhoun County, SC "50th Anniversary of the Landmark Conference"
2013 - Spartanburg, SC "The Sparkle City: A Diverse Legacy"
2012 - North Augusta, SC "Railroads, Resorts & Rogues along the River: The History of N. Augusta"
2011 - Colleton County, SC "The Revolutionary War in SC"
2010 - Georgetown, SC
2009 - Columbia, SC
2008 - Greenville, SC
2007 - Beaufort, SC
2006 - Aiken, SC
2005 - Charleston, SC
2004 - Edgefield, SC
2003 - Spartanburg, SC
2002 - Abbeville, SC
2001 - Moncks Corner, SC
2000 - Sumter, SC
1999 - Walterboro, SC
1998 - Columbia & Lexington, SC
1997 - Bennettsville, SC
1996 - Aiken, SC
1995 - Georgetown, SC
1994 - York County, SC
1993 - Beaufort, SC
1992 - Cheraw, SC
1991 - Clemson, SC
1990 - Charleston, SC
1989 - Camden, SC ("Birth Conference" of the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation, now Preserve SC)
1988 - Greenville, SC
1987 - Columbia, SC
1986 - Abbeville, SC
1985 - Aiken, SC
1984 - Rock Hill, SC (Joint Conference with SC Federation of Museums)
1983 - Florence, SC
1982 - Spartanburg, SC
1981 - Georgetown, SC
1980 - Charleston, SC
1979 - Anderson, SC
1978 - Bennettsville, SC
1977 - Greenwood, SC
1976 - Camden, SC
1975 - Beaufort, SC
1974 - Hickory Knob State Park, McCormick County Historical Society
1973 - Columbia, SC
1972 - Charleston, SC
1971 - Myrtle Beach, SC
1970 - Camden, SC
1969 - Spartanburg, SC
1968 - Edgefield, SC
1967 - Georgetown, SC
1966 - Clemson, SC
1965 - Savannah & Hilton Head Island, SC
1964 - Batesburg Leesville, SC (Organization of Confederation)
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