Harry and I headed out to the fort.
Fort Sumter was held by the North at the beginning of the Civil war. However, they did not have enough supplies to hold the fort for very long. The south started to fire on the fort in an attempt to claim the fort for the south. The Yankees were finally driven out of the fort after the Confederates set fire to the officers quarters (putting the gun powder stores under the officers quarters in jeopardy). Without a single casualty the Yanks surrendered the fort.
This is the bent wall. Above this wall were the officers quarters. The wall is "bent" because of the continued cannon fire it took from Charleston.
This is one reason Harry is not in the military... I don't think he could pass a gun safety course.
During the Yankees surrender ceremony, on of the cannons misfired and killed a soldier. This soldier became the first casualty of the civil war.
Here you see the fort in the foreground, and Charleston in the background.
After we went to the fort, Harry and I went to the Charleston aquarium.
One of the many gators living in the Charleston Aquarium.
One of Charleston's major environmental focuses is saving sea turtles. The beaches are on black-out from May till October as to not confuse sea turtle babies trying to make their way to the ocean. There were also 32 sea turtle sculptures all around Charleston that will be auctioned this fall to raise money for sea turtle rescue.
A panoramic of the wharf.
After we finished at the aquarium we left the wharf and went down to the battery and Rainbow Row.
Here you can see the sculpture dedicated to Fort Sumter at battery park.
The trees in battery park are very old and beautiful.
Here are some of our favorite houses from Rainbow Row.
Harry and I at Battery Park.
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