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Fort Sumter is a sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina, notable for two battles of the American Civil War.
And old favorite, still hanging in there. It may have been a store at some point, since it has glass windows and once had a gas pump in front.
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Lake Sumter at the Villages in Florida had a lighthouse. This was a part of the "Lighthouse Point Bar and Grille". I shot this while shooting the sunrise in the oppasite direction.
Happily, on our last full day in Charleston, the muckety-mucks in Washington D.C. finally decided to do their job, ending the shutdown and lifting the moratorium on visiting the fort. The weather cooperated too on our visit to the place where the Civil War started.
This is a picture of what the town is building on the courthouse lawn for their bored well. The well, bored with the help of an old blind mule back in the mid-1800s, has supplied mineral water and according to my WPA book, "has been drunk for its curative powers by generations of Alabamians. Former residents have such faith in its ingredients that they send for it repeatedly during illness."
It was not all happy and fun though. Ducking into the The Old Slave Mart Museum, we came face to face with the Charleston's past. A powerful exhibit of drawings drawn by slave children affected us greatly. So too did our trip to Fort Sumter National Monument. A government shutdown had kept us from the Fort for most of our time in Charleston. Each morning, we would call the hotline to see if there was any news.
Fort Sumter is a sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina, notable for two battles of the American Civil War.
The Yard job with the task of spinning P85's train crossing Whaley Street and acts as the barrier between both sides of Sumter Street. The City of Columbia can be seen in the background.
The bi-level passenger cars are for the South Carolina Railroad Museum.
Happy Memorial Day
A stormy misty day. Usually we would enjoy the fresh air up top on the boat. It was cold, windy and the mist at times turning to rain kept us below.
Fort Sumter is a Third System masonry sea fort located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The fort is best known as the site upon which the shots that started the American Civil War were fired, at the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. In 1966, the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
How many men were killed at Fort Sumter?
One Union soldier was killed and another Union soldier was mortally wounded during the surrender ceremony . Fifty two Confederate soldiers were killed there during the remainder of the war. While a number of slaves were killed while working at the fort, unfortunately the exact number is unknown.
This photo was taken from the Lake Sumter boardwalk in The Villages, Florida. It is greatly cropped, giving the appearance of being positioned on a mountaintop peak. However, the support structure is close to lake-level - as indicated in the original photo also posted here.
A zinnia flowering head, in Swan Lake iris Gardens, Sumter, SC. The anthers of the disc flowers are clearly visible. And those ray flowers! Wow! That's pine straw in the background.
Thanks for looking. Isn't God a great artist?
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sumter
Fort Sumter is a historical sea fort located near Charleston, South Carolina. Constructed on an artificial island at the entrance of Charleston Harbor in 1829, the fort was built in response to the War of 1812, which had exposed the inadequacy of existing American coastal fortifications to defend against naval attacks. Fort Sumter was still incomplete in 1861 when it was attacked by Confederate Forces during the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, sparking the American Civil War; the fort was severely damaged during the battle and left in ruins.
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
Charleston, South Carolina
For my blog Batteredsuitcase.net I posted an article about US National Historical Parks I have visited. I found some photos from my visits I did not originally post. If you would like to see more photos of these places see my post US National Parks: A Look at history