Sumter 250 spotlight: What are Carolina Days?
By Kylie Cordell
Sumter Museum Creative marketing coordinator
Sumter Museum Creative marketing coordinator
Posted 6/6/26
In June 1776, a small group of Patriot soldiers defended Charleston Harbor against a powerful British naval force. The odds were heavily stacked against them. Their fort, later known as Fort Moultrie, wasn't built of stone or brick but of palmetto …
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