CHARLESTON — When the government shut down Oct. 1, tours to Fort Sumter abruptly ceased, as funding to staff national parks across the country was cut off. But the Charleston excursions to and from ...

Fort Sumter is expected to remain closed for at least a few more days while the National Park Service works to dry out its interior and repair its tour boat dock. Dawn Davis was among the National ...

According to legend, faces can be seen imprinted on two of Fort Sumter’s authentic battle flags which flew over the fort during the Civil War- The Union “Storm Flag” and the Confederate “Palmetto ...

(WHTM) — On Dec. 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union following the election of Abraham Lincoln as President. At the time U.S. Army Major Robert Anderson commanded ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - The Confederate flag is no longer flying over Fort Sumter. The National Park Service said the flag, along with other historic replicas, was taken down last week in the wake of ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — American historians did what they do best this weekend and that’s tell the story of history. The first shots of the Civil War took place in Charleston at Fort ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – An item believed to be an old cannonball was safely removed from Fort Sumter over the weekend. The fort, now a popular tourist destination that sits on an island in the ...