Fort Sumter

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Over this Labor Day weekend me, my family, and some friends went to Charleston. There we took a little boat out to Fort Sumter. 

When you first arrive you get to choose if you want to hear the history talk or you can wander around and see everything else. We chose to just wander around, and we started by looking at the cannons and where they shot the cannons. After we looked at that we went and got on top of a building that the soldiers in World War II built, and we looked down at the fort. Then, we went into the mini museum inside the building and they had a lot of guns, cannon balls, bullets, and they even had the sword that one of the Confederate Generals had when he told them to fire the first shot on Fort Sumter. They also had the tattered flag that hung over the fort. 

My favorite thing in the museum was a little clay example of the Confederate soldiers shooting at Fort Sumter. It was so great experiencing that while we are learning about the Civil War. It was so much fun and I recommend you and your family going some day!

                                                                                          By Josie T