(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 ...

April 12 marks the anniversary of the start of the American Civil War in 1861. In Charleston, SC, the American Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard's artillery ...

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CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — The National Park Service will increase park access at Fort Sumter starting June 5, reopening ferry trips and more. The museum will remain closed. On June 5, ferry trips to ...

A new lawsuit says the National Park Service is censoring history by removing anything that suggest America has ever been anything less than awesome.

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 ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Sunday marks the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and local businesses are still feeling the effects. Many national parks are closed including Fort Sumter, but on ...

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 ...

South Carolina’s National Park Service staff flagged several exhibits about Black history and climate change for review under two Trump admin orders in 2025.

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Two parks in the Lowcountry have an upgraded status. This week President Donald Trump signed U.S. Senator Tim Scott’s Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park Act ...