Sunday, July 24, 2022

Trip to Fort Sumter, Charleston






Incredible artifacts at Ft. Sumter, including the flag that flew during the opening dawn of the War, and the rebel Palmetto Guards flag that flew during the Yankee Siege of Charleston. There was one of the 8" guns that had actually fired on Sumter on April 12, 1861. Also, there was an 8” shot lodged into the wall of the fort as amazing to me as if I had seen and touched the Black Stone of Mecca’s Kaaba.

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