At two o’clock today it will be the 155th anniversary of Major Robert Anderson’s surrender of Fort Sumter to hostile forces. His men were starving and down to their last rounds of artillery. The Officers Quarters were burning and there was concern that the Powder Magazine would blow and take out everyone and everything on …
Perhaps the greatest trauma Charleston has endured is the 1886 earthquake. Estimated to be a 7.6 Richter Scale event, 92 people died as a direct result, although it is asserted that many more died afterward from PTSD. Its easy to see why. When you read the below attachment, you learn that tremors both great and …
Shake It Up! The Great Earthquake was 130 years ago today! Read More »
