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| "The Palmetto
State" "Turning Point of the Civil War." -Frank |
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Charleston - My wandering around the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina. Best t-shirt seen during the Charleston was worn by a slack-jawed teen, "My IQ Test Came Back Negative." (Sep. '01)
Fort Sumter - The tour of the island fort with initial construction beginning in 1829 and marked by 70,000 tons of granite rock being shipped from the New England states area -- and the marvel of the place never ever being completely constructed. (It was 90% completed when it was occupied at the last minute by Union soldiers, who were forced to abandon the stronghold due to lack of supplies at the advent of the Civil War in April 1861. (Sep. '01)