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Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
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- Designation
- National Historical Park
- State
- SC
- Park address
- Charleston, SC
- Entrance fee
- Per person: $10.00; Park annual pass: $35.00NPS data as of 2026-08-25
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- Charles Pinckney National Historic SiteNational Historic Site · Approximately 7 miles away (straight line)
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Notes
Designation Date: 04/28/1948
Two forts stand at the entrance of Charleston Harbor. Patriots inside a palmetto log fort, later named Fort Moultrie, defeated the Royal Navy in 1776. As Charleston blazed a path towards secession to preserve slavery, construction on a new fort, Fort Sumter, proceeded. The Confederacy fired on the US garrison of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 opening the Civil War, which redefined American freedom.