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Maritime-Related National Parks in South Carolina

 

Fort Sumter National Monument

  • Decades of growing strife between North and South erupted in civil war on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery opened fire on this Federal fort in Charleston Harbor. Fort Sumter surrendered 34 hours later. Union forces would try for nearly four years to take it back. The site includes Fort Moultrie.

Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor (also in FL, GA, NC)

  • Designated by Congress in 2006, the Corridor extends from Wilmington, North Carolina, in the north to Jacksonville, Florida, in the south. It is home to one of America's most unique cultures, a tradition first shaped by captive Africans brought to the southern United States from West Africa and continued in later generations by their descendents.

 

Are you interested in other historic maritime resources in South Carolina? We have information about historic lighthouses and light stations.