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Carolina Day (1 Viewer)

Mjolnirs

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Article from Charleston Post & Courier <dead link>

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This is Carolina Day, the 232nd anniversary of the Battle of Fort Sullivan. If you are not a native of South Carolinian (and possibly even if you are), you likely have never heard of Fort Sullivan and the significance of this day.

Most American school children have heard stirring stories of the battles of Concord Bridge and Lexington Green, relatively minor skirmishes fought by the Minutemen of Revolutionary lore. These were fought in April 1775, and at Concord Bridge was fired the "shot heard 'round the world." But it was at an unfinished, palmetto-log fort on Sullivan's Island where the cannon shots heard 'round the world were fired. There, 425 Americans fought off a British invasion fleet of 20 ships, foiling an early attempt to occupy Charleston, then the largest and most important city in the colonies south of Philadelphia.

The Battle of Fort Sullivan marked the first American victory over a substantial British force in the Revolution, a victory won just a week before the formal adoption of the Declaration of Independence. It gave a much-needed boost to American morale, and forestalled for three years the eventual British occupation of Charleston, years that bought George Washington time to raise a credible army, years that enabled diplomacy to win the support of France in the struggle for independence.

How did a tiny fort, open on its landward side, with only 26 guns and but 28 rounds per gun allotted to the defenders, turn back a fleet mounting 270 guns?

Historians note the courage and marksmanship of the defenders at Fort Sullivan. The steadfastness of Gov. John Rutledge and Col. William Moultrie in the face of such daunting odds was remarkable. The daring dash of Sergeant Jasper outside the fort's seaward wall to retrieve and replant on the ramparts the indigo blue Palmetto Flag shot down by the British is the stuff of legend.

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One thing the article doesn't mention is how the British cannon balls actually bounced off the Palmetto logs that formed the fort walls.

Happy Carolina Day everyone.

 
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bump for Carolina Day 2010

South Carolina Patriots Celebrate (dead link)
 
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2011 Bump, Happy Carolina Day!

10 Things you didn't know about the Battle of Ft. Sullivan (dead too)

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