MYSTERY PHOTO: This one should be pretty easy

There are two reasons we’re offering what should be a pretty easy mystery photo this week.  First, the last couple of weeks have been particularly difficult.  Second, we’d like to see if we can get the most number of correct guesses for a single photo.  If memory serves, that means we’ll have to get at least 14 correct guesses.  Send your best guess – plus your name and the town in which you now live – to editor@charlestoncurrents.com.  In the subject line, write: “Mystery Photo guess.” (If you don’t include your contact information, we can’t give you credit!)

Last issue’s mystery

The July 23 extreme close-up  mystery photo brought more correct guesses from out-of-towners (though some grew up here) than people who live in the area.

Yes, it was the steeple at St. Philip’s Church at 142 Church St. in Charleston.  (St. Michael’s Church, nearby at the Four Corners of Law, is white.)

Congratulations to these great sleuths:  Stephen Yetman and Carol Ann Smalley,  of Charleston; Elizabeth P. Stevens of Mobile, Ala.; Marnie Huger of Richmond, Va.; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Bud Ferillo of Columbia; Paul Hedden of James Island; and Bill Segars of Hartsville.

Graf, as usual, provided more context: “According to discoversouthcarolina.com, Buried in St. Philips graveyard are revolutionaries, politicians, confederates and artists. Among them are Col. William Rhett, known as the “Scourge of the Pirates,” charged with bringing the murderous Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet to justice. Edward Rutledge, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Charles Pinckney, a signer of the Constitution, and John C. Calhoun, a US senator and vice president of the US also are interred here.”

Send us a mystery:  If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!)   Send it along to  editor@charlestoncurrents.com.