Dear John
Unexpected consequences await a soldier (Channing Tatum) and his lover (Amanda Seyfried), who correspond through the mail over a period of seven tumultuous years.
Find out what's going on in Columbia. With categories like Literature, Business, Charities, Clubs, Community, Conferences, Family Fun, Festivals, Music, Performing Arts, Politics, Singles, Sports and more.
Written by Bret and Wendy Short and Roger Gorham. Sung by Roger Gorham
Columbia Facts and Places:
Columbia Airport is Columbia Metropolitan Airport
Newspapers are The State, Free Times
Columbia Sports teams are Gamecocks, Baseball, Cardinals
Major Columbia Attractions and Events are Riverbanks Zoo & Botanical Garden, Email this page PrintFrankie's Fun Park, Columbia's Greek Festival, 3 Rivers Music Festival, Palmetto Sportsmen’s Classic
Local Schools are University of South Carolina at Columbia, Benedict College
About Columbia, South Carolina
With a lifestyle referred to as “simple easy,” historic Columbia offers a sophisticated cultural scene, an active arts community and plenty of scenic and outdoor beauty. Close to both beaches and mountains, it claims to be a “fair weather dream.” Columbia offers year round outdoor activities with about 300 days a year of sunshine.
Columbia was the second planned city in the United States. The town also features extraordinarily wide roads because of the theory that the dangerous mosquito could not fly more than 60 feet without dying of starvation along the way. Columbia is home of Fort Jackson which is the nation's largest U.S. Army training facility. Fort Jackson was established to prepare soldiers for World War I. In 2006, the National Civic League nominated Richland County the “All-American City.”
If it is outdoor activities that you love, then Columbia is your place. Outdoor attractions include the Carolina Children’s Garden, Cayce Riverwalk Park, Riverbanks Zoo & Garden, Columbia Riverfront Park & Historic Canal, and the Nature Conservancy. For kayaking and canoeing, Broad River Blue Way at Harbison State Forest and Sesquicentennial State Park offer memorable experiences. Children will enjoy EdVenture and the Children's Museum. Entertainment and sports venues include the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, the Human Resources Center Arena, Carolina Coliseum for Inferno Ice Hockey, the Colonial Center for basketball, and softball at Beckham Field.
Columbia has a ton of annual events each year of all varieties. Popular annual events include the International Festival of Wines and Food, Harambee Festival at the Mays, Andrew Jackson’s Birthday, South Carolina Oyster Festival, Battle of Aiken, Canadian-American Days, South Carolina Book Festival, Battle for Columbia, and Carniball, just to name a few.
