Courtney Friedman was fishing Saturday in the waters around Castle Pinckney in Charleston harbor when an American bald eagle landed atop the flagpole at the fort. The 15-star flag was the nation’s banner when the fort was completed … Continue reading
National Parks Traveler Magazine October 2009 By Bob Janiskee The Park Service acquired South Carolina’s Castle Pinckney National Monument in 1933, but was glad to see it abolished and transferred in the 1950s. Lacking a glorious past, and too expensive … Continue reading
Castle Pinckney is one of a few surviving “castle” style forts. At the time of Castle Pinckney’s construction in 1811 these all masonry, circular, casemated fortifications were a revolutionary experiment in military architecture, inspired by the theories of the foremost … Continue reading