Great tour around the city! David Lucas is the authority in all things Charleston! Very informative and historically correct!! The South’s role, Carolina specifically, during the Revolutionary War against the British was crucial! By winning a decisive battle at Charleston and turning England back, emboldened the patriots seeking liberty, and was pivotal in getting all the colonies to finally go all in and sign the Declaration of Independence! Charleston was also the wealthiest American city by far, .compared to New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, which is why the British tried so hard to take it, not allowing the American colonies to unite and find a real sustainable war campaign. The history books glorify Lexington and Concord, Paul Revere, and Washington’s crossing of the Delaware and crushing the Hessian troops protecting Trenton. The Carolina militias skirmishes and battles against the Brits, were far more decisive and influential in the Revolution! Our public schools and institutions have allowed this re-writing of our American history! Whitewashing the facts and promoting the myth that the North decided the Revolution’s major outcomes! Carolina made up of what is now known as Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, also played a most significant role in the Civil War (The War
Between the States)!
Wish we could’ve seen more areas down by the waterfront and downtown.
JW