Pickens County, South Carolina is a great place to live and work, but on Friday, March 25, 2022, let us take a moment to reflect and remember our four Medal of Honor recipients on this Medal of Honor Day, and always. “The medal is the highest military award in our nation and Pickens County has more Medal of Honor recipients per capita than any other county in the United States. All four recipients were awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. All four men gave their lives carrying out amazing acts of bravery.” (Pickens County Courier May 2013).

Pickens County has memorials in several locations across the county in honor of these brave young men who paid the ultimate sacrifice. A small garden is dedicated to the four Congressional Medal of Honor recipients behind the Pickens County Courthouse in Pickens or the banners on display in the center courtyard at the Pickens County Administration building in Pickens,