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express their ‘Britishness’ or
‘American-ness’ is fascinating.”

Indeed, it is that very spirit of
invention and innovation that
ultimately cultivated an intense
independent streak. In many
ways, a revolution is a natural
outcome.

On a more personal level, Brazier’s
husband is British. So, to her,
discovering those points where
England and America overlapped
and differentiated also brings
about insight into aspects of
present day life, both personally
and professionally.

But most of all,
she says, she
loves her job, LEGACY:
the people that
she works with Hope Cooper and Elizabeth Lynch,
every day, and
the people she grandmother and granddaughter
meets in the
course of a day. Elizabeth Lynch has been quite a few places and done quite a few things
in a relatively short amount of time. At age 29, as the gift shop manager/
She acknowledges she has learned E
some new skills along the way, but education coordinator for Historic Camden, she didn’t expect to find herself
that, too has been a positive, even in this job and essentially charting new territory.
nurturing experience.
But as the granddaughter of Hope Cooper, Lynch is, in many ways,
“I think I see Historic Camden completing a circle. Cooper was the first executive director/curator of
really working to not only bring Historic Camden, a site that was so new they were still excavating and
the park, museum and battle- finding artifacts when it opened to the public in 1970. In a very real sense,
field to their full potential, but she, too, was charting new territory.
ultimately working in partnership
to promote the area. Lynch is well aware of her grandmother’s achievements and legacy and
excited to have an opportunity to add another chapter to the story.
“We do many things with many
organizations and that working “It’s very humbling for me … Hope has done so much here at Historic
together can only help bring a Camden and in this town. If I could achieve even a fraction of what she’s
wider awareness of and curiosity done, I’d be so happy. She’s such a role model.”
about Camden.”
Cooper shares the excitement, saying, “I am so pleased to have my
Indeed, that energy is already granddaughter, Elizabeth, on my old stomping grounds. Elizabeth is
building and yielding benefits. blessed with artistic and administrative talents and makes a wonderful
part of the team.”
“When I started here, even though
I was brand new, I could sense Lynch graduated from Clemson University with a degree in architecture
the momentum,” Brazier says. “I and took a job in Atlanta, Ga. She lived in Charleston and Colorado before
think we’re on the move. You can resettling in Camden with her husband. Hearing of a job opening at
feel it.” Historic Camden, she applied, and the rest is history.

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