Charleston, South Carolina - Fort Sumter National Monument HD (2017)
Fort Sumter is a sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina, notable for two battles of the American Civil War. It was one of a number of special forts planned after the War of 1812, combining high walls and heavy masonry, and classified as Third System, as a grade of structural integrity. Work started in 1829, but was incomplete by 1860, when South Carolina seceded from the Union.
The First Battle of Fort Sumter began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery fired on the Union garrison. These were the first shots of the war and continued all day, watched by many civilians in a celebratory spirit. The fort had been cut off from its supply line and surrendered the next day. The Second Battle of Fort Sumter (September 8, 1863) was a failed attempt by the Union to retake the fort, dogged by a rivalry between army and navy commanders. Although the fort was reduced to rubble, it remained in Confederate hands until it was evacuated as General Sherman marched through South Carolina in February 1865.
Fort Sumter is open for public tours as part of the Fort Sumter National Monument operated by the National Park Service.
Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline and is located on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper rivers. Charleston had an estimated population of 134,385 in 2016. The estimated population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was 761,155 residents in 2016, the third-largest in the state and the 78th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.
Charleston was founded as Charles Town—honoring King Charles II of England—in 1670. Its initial location at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River (now Charles Towne Landing) was abandoned in 1680 for its present site, which became the fifth-largest city in North America within ten years. Despite its size, it remained unincorporated throughout the colonial period; its government was handled directly by a colonial legislature and a governor sent by London. Election districts were organized according to Anglican parishes, and some social services were managed by Anglican wardens and vestries. Charleston adopted its present spelling with its incorporation as a city in 1783 at the close of the Revolutionary War. Population growth in the interior of South Carolina influenced the removal of the state government to Columbia in 1788, but the port city remained among the ten largest cities in the United States through the 1840 census. The only major American city to have a majority-enslaved population, antebellum Charleston was controlled by an oligarchy of white planters and merchants who successfully forced the federal government to revise its 1828 and 1832 tariffs during the Nullification Crisis and launched the Civil War by seizing the Arsenal, Castle Pinckney, and Fort Sumter from their federal garrisons.
Known for its rich history, well-preserved architecture, distinguished restaurants, and mannerly people, Charleston is a popular tourist destination and has received a large number of accolades, including America's Most Friendly [City] by Travel + Leisure in 2011 and in 2013 and 2014 by Condé Nast Traveler, and also the most polite and hospitable city in America by Southern Living magazine. In 2016, Charleston was ranked the World's Best City by Travel + Leisure.
Sumter County's Historical Black Seminole Community Part 2
Lake-Sumter State College VIVA Florida 500 Presentation
Quality Inn Sumter in Sumter SC
Prices: . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. Quality Inn Sumter 2390 Broad Street Sumter SC 29150 The Quality Inn hotel is ideally located just six miles from Shaw Air Force Base. This Sumter, SC hotel is also close to points of interest like the University of South Carolina Sumter, Morris College and the Sumter County Museum. You'll enjoy the beautiful black waters of the nearby Swan Lake, which form the perfect setting for its amazing Iris Gardens. Be sure to visit the historic Sumter Opera House and downtown Sumter. Our hotel is within walking distance of several shopping areas and a variety of restaurants. As a guest of our Sumter, SC hotel, you'll enjoy amenities and features like free deluxe continental breakfast, free wireless high-speed Internet access, free local calls, exercise room and a seasonal outdoor pool with sundeck. A banquet and meeting rooms that accommodate up to 150 people and are perfect for reunions, weddings, corporate meetings, retirement parties and other special events. The hotel also provides a business center and access to copy and fax services. All rooms come equipped with refrigerators, microwaves, coffee makers, curved shower rods, desks, hair dryers, irons, ironing boards, voice mail and cable television. This is a 100 percent smoke-free hotel. Laundry facilities are located on the premises for your added convenience.
Americus-Sumter County Movement Remembered Committee, Inc. (ASCMRC) - A City Without Pity
Making Their Mark on Georgetown - a Panel Discussion
This panel discussion focuses on the history, memories and lives of the Jews of Georgetown, SC, past and present, and was taped on Sunday, October 15 during the Fall meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina.
Moderator: Dale Rosengarten
Panelists: Richard Dimentstein, George S. Fogel, Roz Goldstein Greenspon, Nathan (Kim) Kaminski, Jr., Benedict (Dick) Rosen, Deborah Schneider Smith, Gene Vinik
Making Their Mark on Georgetown - A Panel Discussion by Alan Sherlock is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Middleton Place
Started in 1741, Middleton Place is a 7,000 acre plantation located on the Ashley River in Charleston South Carolina. It’s America's Oldest Landscaped Gardens and a National Historic Landmark. Features include Allees, Vistas, Garden Rooms, Ruins, Out Buildings, Rice Mill Pond, Water Gardens, Statuary, Nature Paths, Stableyards includes a blacksmith, weaver, cooper, carpenter and potter demonstrating the skills practiced by enslaved people. The site includes Guided Tours, Reenactments, Restaurant, Café, Gift Shop.
General Thomas Sumter Memorial
Revolutionary War General Gravesite
A Step Back In Time: Georgia Museum of Agriculture
Part One: Stacey and Brian visit Tifton Georgia for a visit to The Georgia Museum of Agriculture, formerly the Agrirama.
#gamuseumofagriculture #agrirama #abrahambaldwinagriculturalcollege
Black Slave Owner and Breeder in South Carolina ~ The Interesting Story of William Ellison
....William Ellison was one of the wealthiest men in the South as well as being a black, former slave. He owned cotton gins, plantations, and 68 slaves. And from accounts of the time, he wasn't very nice...At the peak of slavery in the United States, large numbers of free Negroes owned black slaves; in fact, in numbers disproportionate to their representation in society at large. In 1860 only a small minority of whites owned slaves. According to the U.S. census report for that last year before the Civil War, there were nearly 27 million whites in the country. Some 8 million of them lived in the slaveholding states. The census also determined that there were fewer than 385,000 individuals who owned slaves. Even if all slaveholders had been white, that would amount to only 1.4 percent of whites in the country (or 4.8 % of southern whites owning one or more slaves, however, around 30% for free blacks owned slaves).
In the rare instances when the ownership of slaves by free Negroes is acknowledged in the history books, justification centers on the claim that black slave masters were simply individuals who purchased the freedom of a spouse or child from a white slaveholder and had been unable to legally manumit them. Although this did indeed happen at times, it is a misrepresentation of the majority of instances, one which is debunked by records of the period on blacks who owned slaves. These include individuals such as Justus Angel and Mistress L. Horry, of Colleton District, South Carolina, who each owned 84 slaves in 1830. In fact, in 1830 a fourth of the free Negro slave masters in South Carolina owned 10 or more slaves; eight owning 30 or more.
History of Williamsburg South Carolina
Overflowing with rich stories of the American Revolution and tales of Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, Williamsburg County has a vibrant historical society that carries on the legacy of the area today.
SSEP 2018 - Sumter, South Carolina, Team 2
The eighth annual Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP) National Conference was held at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum on June 28 and 29, 2018. This student science symposium allowed student teams from all over the United States and Canada to share their designs and results for experiments conducted on the International Space Station.
This video includes the featured presentation by Sumter, South Carolina, Team 2 (Finalist Proposal, Mission 12)
Middleton Place - Where History LIVES
A National Historic Landmark, home to the oldest landscaped gardens in America and an enduring, vibrant, and essential part of the Charleston and American experience, Middleton Place is owned and operated by the Middleton Place Foundation. The Foundation, a 501(c)(3) educational trust established in 1974, uses historic preservation, documented research, and interpretation as a force for education, understanding, and positive change.
The Charleston Museum
A look at the first museum in the United States. The Charleston Museum follows Charleston's unique history, and also has a special exhibit displaying wedding dresses dating back to the late 1800s.
SSEP 2018 - Sumter, South Carolina, Team 1
The eighth annual Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP) National Conference was held at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum on June 28 and 29, 2018. This student science symposium allowed student teams from all over the United States and Canada to share their designs and results for experiments conducted on the International Space Station.
This video includes the featured presentation by Sumter, South Carolina, Team 1 (Finalist Proposal, Mission 12)
South Carolina's Magnificent Historic Register Landmarks: The Midlands
From the evocative landmarks of Sumter and Fairfield counties, to the stately church of downtown Columbia, South Carolina's Midlands offers an impressive array of historic landmarks. Travel with South Carolina based writer and photographer Bill Fitzpatrick as shares a couple of his favorite photographs from each of the Midland's counties.
SSEP 2018 - Sumter, South Carolina, Team 3
The eighth annual Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP) National Conference was held at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum on June 28 and 29, 2018. This student science symposium allowed student teams from all over the United States and Canada to share their designs and results for experiments conducted on the International Space Station.
This video includes the featured presentation by Sumter, South Carolina, Team 3 (Flight Experiment, Mission 12)
C.T. Summer Hardware Store
If you can't find it at the C.T. Summer Hardware Store, you probably don't need it. The Newberry tourist's magnet is equal parts hardware store, antiques store and museum. This fifth generation store is even hammering into homes across the country with appearances on national TV shows. The store is located in downtown Newberry on Boyce Street across from the County Courthouse.
Mount Pleasent, South Carolina - Patriots Point - USS Yorktown HD (2017)
USS Yorktown (CV/CVA/CVS-10) is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. She is named after the Battle of Yorktown of the American Revolutionary War, and is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name. Initially to have been named Bonhomme Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while under construction to commemorate USS Yorktown (CV-5), lost at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. Yorktown was commissioned in April 1943, and participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning 11 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation.
Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). She was recommissioned too late to participate in the Korean War but served for many years in the Pacific, including duty in the Vietnam War, in which she earned five battle stars. Late in her career, she served as a recovery ship for the Apollo 8 space mission, and was used in the movie Tora! Tora! Tora! which recreated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; and in the science fiction film The Philadelphia Experiment.
Yorktown was decommissioned in 1970 and in 1975 became a museum ship at Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She is a National Historic Landmark.
Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline and is located on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper rivers. Charleston had an estimated population of 134,385 in 2016. The estimated population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was 761,155 residents in 2016, the third-largest in the state and the 78th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.
Charleston was founded as Charles Town—honoring King Charles II of England—in 1670. Its initial location at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River (now Charles Towne Landing) was abandoned in 1680 for its present site, which became the fifth-largest city in North America within ten years. Despite its size, it remained unincorporated throughout the colonial period; its government was handled directly by a colonial legislature and a governor sent by London. Election districts were organized according to Anglican parishes, and some social services were managed by Anglican wardens and vestries. Charleston adopted its present spelling with its incorporation as a city in 1783 at the close of the Revolutionary War. Population growth in the interior of South Carolina influenced the removal of the state government to Columbia in 1788, but the port city remained among the ten largest cities in the United States through the 1840 census. The only major American city to have a majority-enslaved population, antebellum Charleston was controlled by an oligarchy of white planters and merchants who successfully forced the federal government to revise its 1828 and 1832 tariffs during the Nullification Crisis and launched the Civil War by seizing the Arsenal, Castle Pinckney, and Fort Sumter from their federal garrisons.
Known for its rich history, well-preserved architecture, distinguished restaurants, and mannerly people, Charleston is a popular tourist destination and has received a large number of accolades, including America's Most Friendly [City] by Travel + Leisure in 2011 and in 2013 and 2014 by Condé Nast Traveler, and also the most polite and hospitable city in America by Southern Living magazine. In 2016, Charleston was ranked the World's Best City by Travel + Leisure.
Charleston, South Carolina - Fort Sumter National Monument Visitor Center HD (2017)
Fort Sumter is a sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina, notable for two battles of the American Civil War. It was one of a number of special forts planned after the War of 1812, combining high walls and heavy masonry, and classified as Third System, as a grade of structural integrity. Work started in 1829, but was incomplete by 1860, when South Carolina seceded from the Union.
The First Battle of Fort Sumter began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery fired on the Union garrison. These were the first shots of the war and continued all day, watched by many civilians in a celebratory spirit. The fort had been cut off from its supply line and surrendered the next day. The Second Battle of Fort Sumter (September 8, 1863) was a failed attempt by the Union to retake the fort, dogged by a rivalry between army and navy commanders. Although the fort was reduced to rubble, it remained in Confederate hands until it was evacuated as General Sherman marched through South Carolina in February 1865.
Fort Sumter is open for public tours as part of the Fort Sumter National Monument operated by the National Park Service.
Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline and is located on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper rivers. Charleston had an estimated population of 134,385 in 2016. The estimated population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was 761,155 residents in 2016, the third-largest in the state and the 78th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.
Charleston was founded as Charles Town—honoring King Charles II of England—in 1670. Its initial location at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River (now Charles Towne Landing) was abandoned in 1680 for its present site, which became the fifth-largest city in North America within ten years. Despite its size, it remained unincorporated throughout the colonial period; its government was handled directly by a colonial legislature and a governor sent by London. Election districts were organized according to Anglican parishes, and some social services were managed by Anglican wardens and vestries. Charleston adopted its present spelling with its incorporation as a city in 1783 at the close of the Revolutionary War. Population growth in the interior of South Carolina influenced the removal of the state government to Columbia in 1788, but the port city remained among the ten largest cities in the United States through the 1840 census. The only major American city to have a majority-enslaved population, antebellum Charleston was controlled by an oligarchy of white planters and merchants who successfully forced the federal government to revise its 1828 and 1832 tariffs during the Nullification Crisis and launched the Civil War by seizing the Arsenal, Castle Pinckney, and Fort Sumter from their federal garrisons.
Known for its rich history, well-preserved architecture, distinguished restaurants, and mannerly people, Charleston is a popular tourist destination and has received a large number of accolades, including America's Most Friendly [City] by Travel + Leisure in 2011 and in 2013 and 2014 by Condé Nast Traveler, and also the most polite and hospitable city in America by Southern Living magazine. In 2016, Charleston was ranked the World's Best City by Travel + Leisure.
ORIGINAL CONFEDERATE CANNON FIRING !
ORIGINAL CONFEDERATE CANNON FIRING !
This event took place at a Southern Heritage Festival
March 2019 at the old 'Baker Homestead' in Sumter County, Wildwood, Florida,
the SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS put son a display of firing an authentic and rare Confederate cannon that was used during the 'Civil War' (War Between the States) over 150 years ago. There is also a Confederate color guard and the rhythmic beat of the Confederate martial drum.
SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
Camp 1386, Marion Light Artillery.
If you have a Confederate ancestor and want to join the
Sons of Confederate Veterans, then go to SCV.org and fill out
an application.
Good Old Unreconstructed 'Rebels' having a Good time.