Instructor: Linda Johnson is an engineer with a lifelong passion for history. As a researcher with the ACHM, she lectures on Aiken’s Winter Colony homes, churches, and people, and she prepared nominations that put the Johnson Drugstore and the Hotel Aiken on the National Register. She has also served as President of the Historic Aiken Foundation since April 2022. Description: Charleston is called The Holy City, but Aiken has a rich and fascinating religious history, too. During two course sessions, you will learn about Aiken’s oldest religion, its oldest church building, and its oldest congregation, the people who made these institutions happen, and how Aiken welcomed a variety of faiths to build the community we enjoy today.