On April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James fired the first Confederate shot at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, leading to a siege, a Union retreat and the start of the Civil War. Exhibits ...

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park will celebrate Carolina Day with programs and demonstrations this weekend. June 28th marks the 248th ...

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, and Charles Pinckney National Historic Site are temporarily closed for the safety of visitors and staff. “All concession-operated ferry ...

The 248th anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan's Island will be commemorated by Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park at the end of June. On Saturday, June 29, and Sunday, June ...

Celebrating veterans every day is special, but celebrating veterans on Veterans Day, which falls on Monday, Nov. 11 this year ...

Fort Sumter has been added to the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, according to the National Park Service.

The Ernest. F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge is one of seven sites to be added to the Reconstruction Era ...

This historic site commemorates the 30-year battle between American soldiers and Chiricahua Apaches during the mid-1800s. Visitors can hike through a historic tract of the American West and learn ...

On the northern tip of Roanoke Island lies Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. The 355-acre national park commemorates the location where English colonists first settled in the United States in ...

Some of these include Valley Forge National Historical Park, Natchez National Historical Park, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site and Edgar Allan ...

This 40-acre National Historic Site encloses the remains of the original mounted police stronghold, which until the 1970s, were buried under the expanding city. Today, you can explore the fort's ...

Today, the forty-acre site houses twenty-four original and restored historic structures furnished to exhibit the life of the frontier soldier. Fort Concho will have living historians in a couple ...