Fort Sumter National Monument is perched on a small island in Charleston Harbor several miles southwest of the city. Ferries to the monument depart from the Fort Sumter visitor center (in ...

On a warm January day with still waters and sun shining, Monday would have been a perfect day to tour the Fort Sumter National Monument by ferry. But since the government shutdown controls the ...

The forts already comprise the Fort Sumter National Monument, one of 84 national monuments and 413 sites administered by the National Park Service. But Scott believes a national park designation ...

Fort Sumter National Monument is pleased to announce a special painting entitled “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory” by Gullah artist Sonja Griffin Evans to be on exhibit at the Liberty Square ...

will oversee Fort Sumter National Monument in Charleston, Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island, Charles Pinckney National Historic Site in Mount Pleasant and the Reconstruction Era National Monument ...

Before the moon's shadow heads over the Atlantic Ocean, it will cross Fort Sumter National Monument in Charleston, the last major city within the path of totality. South Carolina's historic Fort ...

said Tim Stone, superintendent of Fort Sumter National Monument. "Could they in any way have thought that this was going to be the beginning of a four-year bloodbath in which 600,000 people will die?" ...