Our first tourist destination in Charleston was Fort Sumter, known for being the location of the first battle of "The War of Northern Aggression." After the South took control of the fort, they experienced one of the longest sieges in modern warfare; over two years, 46,000 shells (an estimated 7 million pounds of metal) were fired at Fort Sumter. Prior to the war, it was a three story structure...now it's one.
Joel and I stayed on Isle of Palms, just across the river from Charleston. It was a great view of the Atlantic, but we spent very little time on the beach. Their new cable-stayed bridge (click on picture) cost $500 million...very impressive.
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