Our Life in Pictures: Other sites....

Fort Moultrie

http://www.nps.gov/fosu/historyculture/fort_moultrie.htm

This fort was attacked in 1776, part of the Revolutionary War. We were told that when the British ships fired their cannons, they bounced off the walls that were made from palmetto logs. The fort did not fall in to British hands..but Charleston did.

We learned that this beautiful island was a sort of prison, a quarantined island for slaves having survived the Middle Passage.

I read that at LEAST 200,000 Africans spent time here prior to entering the United States.

Also, that 40% of all African Americans alive today can trace their roots back to the Charleston area.

In comparison, that 40% of white Americans can trace their ancestry through Ellis Island.

Interesting.

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20110410/PC1602/304109945

Very serious discussion about how cannons work.

The "Hurricane House" on Sullivan's Island.

http://www.monolithic.org/stories/the-eye-of-the-storm

The Ashley River. Slaves used to siphon off the fresh water to flood the rice fields. They dug all the trenches, built the dikes, cleared the land to be able to turn the marshy area into a working plantation.

The Angel Oak, a 1,500 year old oak tree. They say it is the oldest living organism east of the Mississippi. There are no words that can describe how enormous this tree is!

I found more food pictures....This is Bowen's Island restaurant. Get there early & line up. Bring your Sharpie to make your mark. The shrimp were amazing!!!

http://www.bowensislandrestaurant.com/

It's not fancy, but it is fabulous!