Parris Island

Beaufort, Fripp Island, Harbor Island and Hunting Island are full of wonderful activities for our guests.

Parris island is the home to the famous Marine training base.

Parris island was purchased from the Spanish in 1861 by Colonel Alexander Parris as well as 8 other small island around Parris Island. When Parris bought the island, his original intent was to use it as a plantation, which he did up until the civil war when Sherman made his march to the sea. The Marines occupied the island at first as a part of the Union out of Port Royal, South Carolina.

November 1, 1915 was the day that Parris island officially became a Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Parris island attracts men east of the Mississippi and women from all over the country to enlist for the United States Marines.

Parris Island has a Millitary Museaum that is open to the public that shows various uniforms and other scenes from differnet war periods that the marines have participated in. There is also a screening room that plays a short recruitment video about the marines.

The Parris Island Millitary Museam also has a well stocked gift shop that includes several different items from all branches of the armed forces, but mainly focuses on the Marines.