Yet a city built for mass gatherings never threw a parade — which, according to a leading historian of the subject, reflects ...

Charleston’s cobblestones are some of the oldest in America, setting the stage for a city shaped by centuries of history.

Millions of Americans just spent a relaxing or enjoyable weekend, welcoming summer, wrapping up the school year and ...

President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

Nestled in the southeastern region of the United States, Florida is a world-famous holiday destination. You’ll find many ...

And the local chapter of the veterans’ group that launched Memorial Day had a monument erected in its ... 1861, the day Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C. was fired on by Confederate forces ...

Nearly 200 years passed, including at least 50 years of citizen activism, before the U.S. government preserved the site as a national monument ... second fort on our trip; the first had been Fort ...

Host Andrew Davis interviews NPS Ranger Shelby McAllister at Fort Sumter National Monument about this Fort Sumter mystery! According to legend, faces can be seen imprinted on two of Fort Sumter ...

Confederate cannons had launched more than 3,000 rounds during the bombardment, said Rick Hatcher, a historian at Fort Sumter National Monument, speaking to the Columbus Republic newspaper.

Fort Sumter is where the first shots of the 1861 national conflict were fired ... The Robert Scruggs House and the Washington Light Infantry Monument stand as significant reminders of this ...

If you’re a military history buff, take the relaxing 30-minute boat ride from Charleston Harbor to the impressive fortification of Fort Sumter National Monument, where soldiers fired the Civil War’s ...

Fort Sumter, off of Charleston, South Carolina ... it was used to hold Confederate prisoners of war. The Washington Monument became an unintended symbol of American division during the Civil War.