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(WHTM) — On Dec. 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union following the election of Abraham Lincoln as President. At the time U.S. Army Major Robert Anderson commanded ...

April 12 marks the anniversary of the start of the American Civil War in 1861. In Charleston, SC, the American Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard's artillery ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Sunday marks the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and local businesses are still feeling the effects. Many national parks are closed including Fort Sumter, but on ...

A new lawsuit says the National Park Service is censoring history by removing anything that suggest America has ever been ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – An item believed to be an old cannonball was safely removed from Fort Sumter over the weekend. The fort, now a popular tourist destination that sits on an island in the ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — The National Park Service will increase park access at Fort Sumter starting June 5, reopening ferry trips and more. The museum will remain closed. On June 5, ferry trips to ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Two parks in the Lowcountry have an upgraded status. This week President Donald Trump signed U.S. Senator Tim Scott’s Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park Act ...

Explore the rich history of Florida's Civil War forts, from the first shots fired at Fort Pickens to the prison where Dr.

CHARLESTON, SC (WCBD) – President Donald Trump this week signed the Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park Act into law. That act, which is sponsored by South Carolina Senator Tim ...