Beaufort, S.C., March 27 (AP)—The nation today honored the French Huguenots who in 1562 under the leadership of Jean Ribaut founded the first colony of white men on this continent at Charles Port on Paris Island.
It was the occasion of the unveiling of the monument erected by congress on the site of the old fort not far from the entrance to Port Royal harbor. France and America joined in the exercises which were under the auspices of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina.
The speakers were Curtis D. Wilbur, secretary of the navy; Major General John A. Lejeune, commandant of the United States Marine Corps; Jules Henry, first secretary to the French embassy at Washington; Governor Thomas G. McLeod of South Carolina; W.C. Miller, president of the Huguenot Society in South Carolina; and Major General Eli K. Cole, commandant of the Paris Island Marine training station.
The hands to pull the cord that unveiled the monument were those of Jules Henry, the Frence Representative; Major E.H. Osterhaut for the Marine Corps; and Albert Simons, for the Huguenot Society.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 27, 1926
In case you're wondering why we don't celebrate the settlement at Port Royal Harbor as the first settlement it is because the settlement failed. But that doesn't change the fact that it was attempted.
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