Thursday, March 26, 2026
WORKSHOP: 9 am
Join us for the workshop: “Know the Process: How Homeschoolers Engage Legislators and Shape Laws"
Room 108 in the Blatt Building
STATE HOUSE TOURS: 9:30 am
State House tours begin
(am) 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30
(pm) 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 3:30
Tour sign-ups will be at the at the SCHEA table on the south side steps.
40 spots per tour time.
GOVERNORS MANSION TOURS: 10:30 am & 11:00 am
The Governor's Mansion address:
800 Richland Street, Columbia, 29201
GPS takes you to the back of the property on Gadsden Street. Please drive around the block to Lincoln Street.
Parking: Please park on the Governor's Mansion side of the Lincoln Street between Calhoun and Laurel Streets, or at the meters across from the mansion. A parking permit may be requested from the officer at the gate to be used at the meters but only if there are no more spaces available on the mansion side of the street. Parking permits are no longer needed on the mansion side of Lincoln Street. Please do not park in the Federal Courthouse spaces between Richland and Calhoun Streets marked with yellow warning signs
You will enter the Mansion at the small white Gatehouse. Please assemble on the sidewalk outside the gate.
Leave purses / backpacks in your vehicle due to the security check (wand sweep).
KEYNOTE SPEECH: 12:00 pm
Homeschool Freedom Rally featuring Zan Tyler on the south side steps of the Capitol
(join us on the south side steps of the Capitol)
Check out the Zan Tyler Podcast, too!