GOOD MORNING LOWCOUNTRY.

The Illbruck Challenge team will train here through September, based out of the Charleston Harbor Marina by Patriot's Point.

At the edge of the Ashley River on Magnolia Plantation, this historical marker commemorates the March 23, 1780, attack of the British on Charleston.

Brazilian designer Geove soups up a pair of shoes with automobile reflectors, which once again proves that fashion can be a combination of both form and function. Take advantage of today's sunny lunch hour to play a little mental hooky, grab your peanut butter and jelly and head out to Magnolia Plantation... Not only are the azaleas in riotous bloom, but you can mark an important date in our history: The day we nearly lost it all... On this date in 1780, Capt. Johann Ewald, the commander of 20,000 Hessian troops serving the British, "reached the zoological garden of Drayton's plantation" (that would be Magnolia). It must have been obvious to the Americans that the troops were coming across the Ashley, but for some …