Our Tidelines post on Saturday, April 18, congratulated Charleston on its 350th Anniversary. Click here to read the post.
The Post and Courier is running a series of articles about the history of Charleston to commemorate the 350th Anniversary beginning in 1670 when the first settlers arrived in Charleston Harbor. We will be posting a link to each article of the series as it becomes available.
To read this seventeenth article, “Battle of Sullivan’s Island Is a Precursor to America’s Declaration,” click here.
To read the previous sixteen articles, go to our website, www.tidelinesblog.com, and type “history” in the search box on the right.
–Tidelines Editors
(Image credit: The Post and Courier, Sgt. William Jasper returns the flag to the bastion at Fort Sullivan on June 28, 1776. File/Provided/National Park Service/Painting by Charles McBarron)