Two Yankees at Fort Sumpter

     We went to Fort Sumpter and took a bus tour of Charleston on our first day in the city.  Mike liked soaking up all those facts about the Civil War.  I liked hearing about the city and looking at the buildings.

You reach the fort by boat  - a twenty minute ride.
The monument was built on the ruins of the lower level of the fort.

Artillery shells are embedded in the walls.

The barrel was big enough to fit a small child - which makes me wonder how many children try to get inside.

The ship in the picture, the USS Yorktown, is now part of the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum.    The bridge is the Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge or  the New Cooper River Bridge.  It's the third longest cable-stayed bridge in the Western Hemisphere.  It was a gray, cloudy day, so the white cables are hard to see.

This is St. Phillip's Episcopal Church.  Charleston is called the Holy City because there are so many churches and synogogues.   Charleston was one of the few places in the south where all faiths were allowed to worship freely.  

This is our tour guide, Brian McCreight.  He's a tour guide,
professional storyteller, musician, writer, librarian, and former Seabee.
He has a website: http://www.lowcountryliar.com/index.html
Check out his book: http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Lowcountry-Liar-Other-Tales/dp/1561643378
He has another book coming out in a few months: http://www.amazon.com/Great-Googly-Moogly-Lowcountry-History/dp/1455617822