Children 3 and younger are free. The National Park Service highly recommends purchasing your ferry ride tickets in advance, which you can do at the Fort Sumter Tours website. The visitor center is ...

On April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James fired the first Confederate shot at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, leading to a siege, a Union retreat and the start of the Civil War. Exhibits ...

It's part of the first phase of about $15.8 million in upgrades planned for Fort Moultrie and for Fort Sumter in Charleston ... and staff," according to the National Parks Service.

We noticed an artillery projectile found lodged in the brick wall of Civil War FORT SUMTER during a historic tour with the National Park Service. Go along with us as we visit the location where ...

This April marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War’s first battle, at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. For the next four years, national park units across the country will host special events to ...

Calhoun, Fort Sumter was still not finished when the nation slid into ... how it came to be a tourist attraction and its transfer to the National Park Service. In telling the story of the fort, ...

Fort Sumter National Monument Superintendent Tim Stone said Monday the flags will be part of an historical display at the fort where the Civil War began. The display will include flags that flew ...