Historic Charleston, SC

We had a wonderful visit in Charleston, SC last month.  It is a beautiful city full of history! Alan's parents drove out from Texas to visit us for a few days while we were staying there. We all enjoyed walking the streets and seeing various historical homes and landmarks.  One very well known area was the Rainbow Row.  The homes on this street are very bright and colorful!

Battery Park is an historic landmark on the lower shores of the Charleston peninsula.  The boys enjoyed walking around the park and exploring the cannons.

Cannonballs!!!

Caleb was in full serious soldier mode in this picture!!

Charleston also has a city market with all kinds of handmade crafts, decorations and speciality shops.

Several tables had handmade straw baskets that were so beautiful! We all enjoyed watching this gentleman in the process of weaving a cross.

The streets are lined with all kinds of beautiful churches, buildings and homes.

On one of Charleston's few remaining cobblestone streets, there is The Old Slave Mart. It is hard to even fathom what occurred here so many years ago.  It is such a sad part of our country's history. Charleston once served as a center of commercial activity for the South's plantation economy which relied mostly on slave labor. Slave auctions were held at this site until the defeat of the South in the Civil War led to the end of slavery.  The building now is a museum of African American history, arts and crafts.

We also walked by the First Baptist Church - The Oldest Baptist Church in the South.  It was the week before Easter so as we were walking through the church, two ladies were rehearsing singing hymns for the service. It was beautiful!

We even passed a Bubba Gump Restaurant! :)

We were so excited that Charleston has a free trolley service throughout the city!  After a full day of sight-seeing, these boys were tired! They all decided to sit on the curb while waiting for the trolley to pick us up!

It was a fun, full day in Charleston!

Blessings to you and yours!

Jill and the boys:)