Fort Johnson — Attraction in Charleston

The significance of Fort Johnson is fairly well buried by state government (DNR) and a small university parking lot. When we arrived we drove right by it because their was no signs. We entered a turn around by some delapidated houses and saw a park ranger vehicle so we parked and walked by his vehicle looking for a marker or something but he didn't even bother to ask us what we were looking for or doing. As we were driving I noticed a old brick structure with a parking area by it with signs stating it was for university parking only... We drove in as it was unattended & found a spot that looked "ok" to park in. This appears to us (my wife is a southerner I'm a Yankee) to let an "uncomfortable" part of our history be erased. Like so much of any History if it goes untold like say what the Nazis did in Europe this bit of our history will fade...

A little known site of significance regarding civil war history.

First shot of the civil war was fired from here towards the more well known and visited Fort Sumter in 1861. Not much remains to recognise this historical fact here now except this building. It acted as the powder magazine for the fort. This is now located amongst a bunch of government research buildings on the peninsula.

Parking is easy to find and a track leads down to the water from where you can easily see Fort Sumter (in fact you could probably walk there at low tide, but likely not permitted as Fort Sumter is a National monument).

Worth a visit to get a full appreciation for the events that led to...

( Not 2021,,It was 2018 ) Our family went to visit the Marine Laboratory there with our daughter. I was outside stumbling around when I came across this mark. Then it hit me like a brick where I was. Across the bay was Fort Sumter. I was blown away by just where I was standing. The marker is dirty, over grown and tilted to one side and while not hidden, it doesn't jump out at you. For being of such great historical importance you would expect better treatment. To teach and remember history, our history, is to learn from the evil that was done by...