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Charleston, SC

Charleston[a] is a town of about one hundred thousand in the southeast of South Carolina. (As usual, Wikipedia has some more background.)[b] It is famous for being the place where the first shots of the civil war ("War of Northern Aggression" as it is sometimes called around here) were fired, and also for being a town that Sherman didn't burn during his "March to the Sea"[c] and the following Carolinas Campaign[d] (he torched Savannah, GA, among others). Why it wasn't burned? Well, the maps show that Sherman avoided Charleston completely - it wasn't a case of taking the city and then sparing it, he never tried to attack it. The reason for that is assumed to be a combination of the estimated cost of taking Charleston, the estimated strategic gain and so on.

2006-04-22 10:54

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

A typical Charleston street.

2006-04-22 10:56

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

The houses usually have very beautiful (and very publically inaccessible) gardens. The garden here came witha sign that said "please enjoy the garden from the street".

2006-04-22 10:56

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

No siree. Didn't think of it at all.

2006-04-22 11:04

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

Row of houses near White Point, the southernmost point of the peninsula where Charlestown is situated.

2006-04-22 11:07

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

White Point park.

2006-04-22 11:16

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

Second South Carolina Regiment
Army of the Revolution
Organized June 17, 1775

To the defenders of Fort Moultrie
June the 28th, 1776

2006-04-22 11:17

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

Memorial at White Point. A coastal battery used to be placed here.

2006-04-22 11:20

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

Row of houses along East Battery street.

2006-04-22 11:23

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

More East Battery street houses.

2006-04-22 12:24

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

The Circular Church[e], a very old church with an amazing history[f].

2006-04-22 12:43

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

The "four corners of law" intersection. On the corners are the courthouse (state law), City Hall (munipical law), the Federal Building and U.S. Post Office (federal law), and Saint Michael's Episcopal Church (canon law).

2006-04-22 12:46

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

P.C.F. Beauregard
General
Commander Confederate Forces
Charleston, South Carolina
Held this city and harbour
inviolate
against combined attacks
by land and water
1863 - 1864 - 1865

2006-04-22 15:44

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

Squirrels are everywhere.

2006-04-22 15:56

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

The "Blind Tiger Pub". During the era when liquour could only be sold in amounts dictated by state law, an entrepenurial spirit set up a chain of "Blind Tiger" pubs. The pub would sell tickets to a fight between two such animals. When the spectators showed up they would be treated to a "complimentary" (and therefore not "sold") drink. Later, the pub owner would announce that unfortunately there would be no fight, but that tickets for the next day's fight could be bought.

2006-04-22 16:24

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

Memorial to Cold War submarine crews at Patriot Point, across the river from Charleston.

2006-04-22 16:45

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

The USS Yorktown (CV-10)[g] at Patriot Point.

2006-04-22 19:58

Charleston, USA Grand Tour 2006

South Carolina sunset, somewhere along the I-77.