Sunny and 74 degrees today in Charleston. Nice to wear shorts again! Got to cross off one of my major bucket list items today when we visited Ft. Sumter, site of the first shots of the Civil War. Weather is supposed to be even warmer tomorrow, and we're planning on taking a carriage tour downtown and visit a plantation or two.

Ft. Sumter, at one time a three-story fortress

The remnants of the Ft. Sumter officer's quarters.  The fort had an 85-man garrison at the outbreak of the war... 13 of which were the band!