On this day 250 years ago Club Forty-Five met in Charleston under the Liberty Tree to swear oaths to oppose British tyranny, and to drink to excess. Club Forty-Five comprised 45 South Carolina Patriots including John and Edward Rutledge. The Club was named for a famous essay “North Briton No. 45” written by the radical English Member of Parliament John Wilkes that attacked King George III for despotism.

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