A portion of our day in Charleston, SC was spent on a tour of Fort Sumter. We took a tour boat from Charleston out to the fort which is situated in the Charleston Harbor. Fort Sumter was a Confederate stronghold from 1863-1865. It is maintained by the National Park Service of US Department of the Interior. The fort is where the opening shots of the Civil War were fired on April 12, 1861. The ride out and back on the boat was relaxing and the self-guided tour of the fort itself was interesting. There is a nice museum at the fort that provides a lot of information on the fort and it's role in the Civil War.
I'll be posting pictures of one of my sister and my favorite places that we visited, Brookgreen Gardens. Until then....
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