Fort Sumter Tours Inc. News

Fort Sumter Tours Inc. News


Dec 16, 2024

Fort Sumter Pilgrimage Explores Family’s Civil War Legacy

Following the War of 1812 with Britain, President Andrew Jackson realized the need to strengthen the new nation’s coastal defenses, especially to protect the Atlantic entrance to Charleston, the south’s busiest port. Millions of tons of Massachusetts granite created an island at the confluence of the Ashley and the Cooper rivers where none had been before

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Education

Stony Brook students blend fitness and ecology in 3K EcoWalk

Stony Brook University students participated in the "Running Wild 3K EcoWalk," a new Earthstock event conducted on April 21 at the Ashley Schiff Preserve.


Local

Brentwood Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Officer Brendon Gallagher 

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced this week that Cody Fisher, 29, of Brentwood, admitted to driving under the influence when he seriously injured Officer Brendon Gallagher in a January LIE crash.


Local

Fighting for Nick’s Law: A Mother’s Plea by Theresa Puzio

Mother of hit-and-run victim makes impassioned please to change the laws.