Even the National Park Service calls Charles Pinckney a lost Founding Father. While he helped craft the Constitution, his name isn’t as well known as many of the other signers. His country plantation at Snee Farm has been preserved outside Charleston and is a beautiful place to visit. If you plan to explore any of…
Charleston
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Our anniversary and heading home
Mac indulged me on our first wedding anniversary, so we attended St. Michael’s Church Sunday morning. I love historical churches (and bonus points for finding Anglican parishes!) and try to attend services when I can (like Easter service at THE Falls Church where George Washington went). We even partook in the church tour (more like…
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Charleston, day 3
Our final day in Charleston was still busy. We made reservations to tour the H.L. Hunley, the first submarine used in combat to sink an enemy ship. If y’all go to Charleston, definitely check this out. It’s still being researched and actively repaired. Again, my artillery husband proved knowledgeable. The guide stated that they weren’t…
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Charleston, day 2
Because of that whole Tropical Storm Andrea nonsense, we stayed in a bit later on Friday morning and waited for the last of the rain to pass. We started at the Charleston Visitor Center and discovered that Charleston offers free trolley transportation to the major tourist areas. So we headed to the Charleston Museum (which…
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Traveling to Charleston
We decided to head out early to Charleston. Our first stop was the South Carolina aquarium. It’s decent but not very large (and not too crowded). We then walked over the Fort Sumter museum on the mainland. Fort Sumter is an island out in the harbor, so you have to take a ferry out there….