We left Savannah yesterday and drove to the campground outside of Charleston. As has become our norm, we went into Charleston in the afternoon, did a little looking around and then went back to the campground. Today Gary drove his truck to Wal-Mart and we got on a city bus that took us to a Mall where we boarded another bus that took us to old Charleston. Charleston has history of both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Four signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were from Charleston. The Civil War actually started at Charleston with the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861.
We went down to the “High Battery” which is now a park and is the location of a battery of cannons that guarded the city. The following pictures were taken from the sea wall around the park area. The first is taken across the harbor toward Fort Sumter, the second of Twila, Mattie, and Gary across the street in the park, and the third looking up Bay Street toward Charleston. Bay Street is completely lined with mansions that were built from 1830 to 1850s.
There were several statues in the park, some for the Revolutionary War and some for the Civil War but one seemed to attract Twila’s attention more than the others.
Oh, maybe you would like to see the entire statue.
This one was for the Revolutionary War.
Twila & Mattie thought that they had to go to the Old City Market. Gary & I walked through quickly, then waited outside in the shade until they finished. There were probably 3 blocks of booths with everything from jewelry to antiques. The Market was built in 1841 to sell produce & meats. Sorry, it didn’t interest me enough to take a picture.
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