Photo by Charles DeLoye

Watson Mill State Park is one of Oglethorpe County’s signature historic landmarks. If you talked to the people splashing in the water below the bridge, they’d probably say, “This is what you call summertime ‘quality of life.’”

Dawson Baker stands in front of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy during Easter weekend. The Colosseum was constructed during the first century A.D.

For the last year I had the opportunity to learn how to play the carillon on Clemson’s campus. Like Quasimodo, I would climb the famed clocktower to play the bells for everyone in earshot.

Photo by Aiden Craver

Photo by Gemma Evans

Keynote speaker Billy Payne (left) sat by Mrs. Orlean Castronis, 99, widow, of Coach Mike Castronis.

Photo by Caleb Woods

This 1963 Associated Press photo shows Arnold Palmer helping Jack Nicklaus slip into his first of six Masters green jackets. As high school freshmen, Pete Hires and I joined Arnie’s Army to march in the golf gallery at the Augusta National Golf Club. On that Sunday, we watched Palmer, the 1962 winner, award the young Golden Bear his first green jacket—golf’s Holy Grail.

Photo by Kanashi