CHARLESTON — Fort Sumter sees more than 411,000 visitors per year, but one might stay a while. A burrowing owl was spotted on the grounds in late December — a rare occurrence since the owl is ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Fort Sumter has been added to the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, according to the National Park Service. The Network to Freedom program consists of sites, programs, ...

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – The makeshift flag soldiers at Fort Sumter used to signal their surrender to the Confederate army, kick-starting the American Civil War will be sold this month at an ...

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park together have contributed more than $35.9 million towards the local economy in 2023, according to a new report ...

Along with 13 other sites, Fort Sumter joins a network of over 740 locations connected to enslaved people’s struggle to escape bondage. Fort Sumter has been added to the Underground Railroad Network ...

A sandbar in Charleston Harbor is a popular destination for boaters to drop anchor and hang out next to the site that ignited the Civil War. The informal "No Name Beach," as it's known locally, could ...

On April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James fired the first Confederate shot at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, leading to a siege, a Union retreat and the start of the Civil War. Exhibits ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Richmond Auctions is hosting its Spring Premier Firearms & Sportsman Advertising Auction on Saturday, featuring a couple of historical items. The auction, which is ...

On an artificial island 4 miles from downtown stands an unlikely reminder of the cost of national disunion, a granite monument to discord, both a reminder of the price of division and a warning to ...

"Life in America: a special loan exhibition of paintings held during the period of the New York World's fair, April 24 to October 29, 1939," Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.: Scribner press, 1939.