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CHARLESTON MLS CHARLESTON MOUNT PLEASANT SULLIVAN'S ISLAND DANIEL ISLAND JAMES ISLAND BUYING A HOME CHARLESTON PROFILECharleston, South Carolina Update
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Charleston, South Carolina Photographs - scenic imagery courtesy of Dana Elliott, Captain Oblivious and DCVoyager
Regatta, August 5-7. Thirty minutes south of downtown Charleston
on 
Warmer weather
brings pristine estuaries and marsh creeks to life with an
abundance of great blue herons, red-winged black birds, brown
pelicans, glossy ibis, sandwich terns and great egrets. Mudflats
seem in constant motion with the millions of fiddler crabs
emerging for summer's feeding frenzy. Most enjoyable are the
frolicking antics of dolphin and porpoise pods, which roam
waterways thrashing the surface in a variety of leaps and tail
slaps. These curious creatures will often surface next to
paddlers and will sometimes propel themselves on nearby banks to
catch fish in a behavior known as stranding. Sightseeing and
eco-tours offer paddlers an impressive array of vantage points
to take in Charleston and its surrounding natural areas, from
waterfront views back at the city's famed Battery and steepled
skyline, to historic Shem Creek shrimpboats and fishing docks
and open expanses of spartina salt marsh lined with moss-covered
oak trees. Contacts:
U.S. Navy
warships present a stirring spectacle of patriotism,
service and valor. The most visible of these is the
900-foot aircraft carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, which served
from 1943-1976 and was awarded eleven battle stars in
winning the nickname "The Fighting Lady". Flight and
hangar decks are crammed with vintage aircraft that served
on the Yorktown during World War II, the Korean War and in
Vietnam, and there is also a flight simulator on board
that allows visitors to take the controls for a mock
dogfight and carrier landing. The Yorktown is also home to
the newly-renovated Medal of Honor museum, with detailed
backgrounds of every recipient of America's highest honor.
The massive outdoor museum complex features full access to
several other great ships as well, including the destroyer
escort U.S.S. Laffey, which survived five kamikaze hits
during the battle of Okinawa, as well as the U.S.S.
Clamagore, one of the Navy's first "thick skin" diesel
submarines capable of reaching depths of more than 300
meters. In addition, there's a life-size Vietnam-era Naval
Support Base, featuring attack helicopters and
river patrol boats. For information, contact
and a fantasy city.
Today's circular drive around banks of azaleas and moss-covered
oaks follows the path of the old Washington Race Course, laid
out for horse-racing in the 1790's. In 1864, hundreds of Union
prisoners were brought here from Georgia when Sherman threatened
Confederate prison camps, and soldiers live in tents or in the
open meadows. By 1901, these grounds were converted into a
landscape of elaborate white buildings known as the "Ivory City"
for the Interstate and West Indian Exposition, an international
showcase of regional culture and history intended to draw
business to Charleston. The Exposition was a financial failure
and the Ivory City was torn down a few years later, leaving a
reflecting pond and sunken gardens that became the center piece
for a city park named opened in 1903 and named for former
governor and Confederate hero Wade Hampton. (The
Cotton Palace - Copyright Special Collections, College of
Charleston Library)