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Fort Sumter's historic flags to rest awhile after 2 decades on display

Visit Fort Sumter and you'll see a historic Civil War-era flag collection. It includes a Palmetto Guard flag, a U.S. 33-star storm flag and U.S. 33-star garrison flags. The banners have been there 20 ...
WTHR

Chuck's Big Adventure in Charleston: Fort Sumter

CHARLESTON, S.C. — It sits in the middle of Charleston Harbor, 3.4 miles from the southside of town, but it was what happened at Fort Sumter that forever changed this country and started a bloody four ...
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Government shutdown stops Fort Sumter tours

CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — Due to the government shutdown, tourists are not allowed to visit Fort Sumter. Rick Mosteller, a partner with Fort Sumter Tours, says this isn't the first government shutdown ...
Post and Courier

Hicks: It's the 165th anniversary of the Civil War, but the 200th (kinda) for Fort Sumter

If you think the country is hopelessly divided now, you should’ve seen us 165 years ago today. At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, troops on James Island fired a shell high over Fort Sumter, its explosion ...