After we went to the beach, we drove over to Fort Moultrie which is on the end of Sullivan's Island. During the Revolutionary War while they were still building Fort Moultrie, British ships trying to sail into the Charleston Harbor attacked Fort Moultrie, but since the fort was built out of palmetto logs, the cannon balls couldn't penetrate the walls. They just bounced off back into the water. America finally won the battle, and this is how South Carolina was nick named the Palmetto State. (We learned all of this while at Fort Moultrie.) Heidi actually got into a battle herself when she was a casualty to a rough sidewalk. The rough sidewalk won, leaving her with a scuffed up knee. But we won the war when we mounted this huge cannon, saving America, thus becoming war heroes!
Love,
Brett & Heidi
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