Lt. General (Ret.) Colby Broadwater, President, American College of the Building Arts

June 18 (DI Club) -- Lt. General (Ret.) Colby Broadwater, President, American College of the Building Arts. General Broadwater spoke to us back in July 2013 and we toured the College in October 2017 when it was housed in the old Charleston City Jail (with all its ghosts). It is time for a return visit and perhaps another tour. The ACBA educates and trains artisans in the traditional building arts to foster exceptional craftsmanship and encourage the preservation, enrichment and understanding of the world’s architectural heritage through a liberal arts education. It offers programs in architectural carpentry, blacksmithing, classical architecture and design, architectural stone carving, plaster, and timber framing. It offers a 4-year program where educational methods are rooted in the medieval guild system,. Training crafts people to master a trade and teach it too. Some say they don’t make it the way they used to. ACBA graduates beg to…