George Washington Returns to Charleston In 1881, on the 100-year anniversary of General Cornwallis' surrender to General Washington at Yorktown, the city of Charleston renamed its first public...
CO A 25TH REGIMENT SCV WHERE SOME BENEATH VIRGINIAN WILLS AND SOME BY GREEN ATLANTIC RILLS SOME BY THE WATERS OF THE WEST A MYRIAD UNKNOWN HEROES REST AND WE CAN ONLY DIMLY CUESS WHAT...
CO A HAMPTON LEGION INF'TRY AND SHE POINTS WITH TREMULOUS HAND BELOW TO THE WASTED AND WORN ARRAY OF THE HEROES WHO STROVE IN THE MORNING CLOW OF THE GRANDEUR THAT CROWNED THE GRAY...
CO B 25TH REGIMENT SCV FURL THAT BANNER TRUE 'TIS GORY BUT 'TIS WREATHED AROUND WITH GLORY AND TWILL LIVE IN SONG AND STORY THOUGH ITS FOLDS ARE IN THE DUST FOR ITS FAME ON...
THE REV. STEPHEN N. KATSOUROS, S.J. "FRONT STEPS" A GIFT FROM LOYOLA SCHOOL'S FACULTY, STAFF, ADMINISTRATION AND THE CLASS OF 2011 IN RECOGNITION OF FR. KATSOUROS'S REMARKABLE YEARS AS LOYOLA...
THE WALLED CITY OF CHARLES TOWN In 1670 English men and women established the Carolina settlement at Albemarle Point on the Ashley River, the present-day site of Charles Towne Landing...
The Coast Guard in Charleston Authorized by Congress on August 4, 1790, US Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton established the United States Revenue Cutter Service as an armed...
ERECTED BY THE UNITED STATES 1932 MEMORY OF THE GARRISON DEFENDING FORT SUMTER DURING THE BOMBARDMENT APRIL 12-14, 1861 MAJOR ROBERT ANDERSON FIRST U. S. ARTILLERY COMMANDINGSubmitted by @lampbane
Built in 1796 by DANIEL RAVENEL, THE SECOND OF WANTOOT PLANTATION, as a summer home replacing an earlier building destroyed in the great fire of that year. The property came to his wife in...
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON HISTORIC COURTHOUSE ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1753 AS STATEHOUSE OF BRITISH ROYAL GOVERNMENT PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1788 REBUILT IN 1792 WITH THIRD FLOOR ADDITION...
THIS BUILDING, ERECTED IN THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD ON A PART OF THE LAND ONCE KNOWN AS ARCHDALE'S SQUARE, WAS OCCUPIED BY THE CHARLESTON BRANCH OF THE FIRST BANK OF THE UNITED STATES PRIOR...
THE DAVID RAMSAY HOUSE C.1740 Notable for its fine Georgian paneling, this was home and office to Dr. David Ramsay, the distinguished patriot, Revolutionary Historian and physician. Dr....
Home of Doctor John Lining Who made the first systematic weather observations with instruments in America January 1738~February 1753 In this building which probably ante-dates the...
WILLIAM HARVEY HOUSE Private residence, built about 1728 by William Harvey. This house was leased in 1750 by his Excellency James Glenn, Governor of the Province untill purchased in 1756 by...
IN MEMORY OF SARAH M. BARNWELL WIFE OF BENJAMIN S.BURNWELL, AND DAUGHTER OF WILMOT & SARAH CIBBES, OF MISSISSIPPI BORN DECR. 11TH 1839, DIED OCTR. 6TH 1858.Submitted by @lampbane