Quick Fact Friday

 

May 8 through May 14 marks National Hospital Week, and while the Charleston area has a long history of medical care, the first hospital in Mount Pleasant only opened in 1985.

 

The plan to build the East Cooper Community Hospital was first proposed by the California-based AMI in 1982, but the path to completing it was far from smooth. As Mount Pleasant’s population was rapidly growing, citizens of the town were concerned at the lack of local access to high-quality medical care. The board of the Palmetto-Lowcountry Health Systems Agency initially rejected the plan, sparking widespread public outrage.

 

The project was finally approved in late 1983, and Mayor John J. Dodds presided over

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Credit: News and Courier (1985)

                       Quick Fact Friday

 

Friday, May 6th, is National Space Day. While most of Mount Pleasant's history has taken place firmly on planet Earth, we do have a piece of space history in our own backyard at the USS Yorktown. Well before the aircraft carrier came to Charleston Harbor in 1975, she originally served in the Pacific theatre of World War II, earning numerous awards and citations. After the war ended the ship remained in service, including during the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1968.

 

On December 21, 1968, NASA launched the Apollo 8 space capsule as part of the first

 

Image Credit: NASA