Happy Easter to all! Beautiful sunny day today. Went to church this morning at the First Presbyterian (Scots) Church, a church first built in 1731. It was partially destroyed by an earthquake in the late 1800's, rebuilt with help from churches all over the US. It is a large church, apparently was full for the 0830 service and certainly was full for the 1115 service. Very attractive building, and very friendly people. Went for a walk this afternoon around the waterfront. Charleston is built on a peninsula between the Ashley River on one side and the Cooper river on the other, with Charleston harbour out in front of the end of peninsula. We walked around the point, admiring the historic homes along the way. Many are tall narrow buildings with great porches all along the side of the house. Many also have fences with gates or even doors around their lots, and wonderful landscaping in yards inside these fences. One house with a particularly attractive yard had a sign on the gate that said "this is a private garden. Please admire from the street" We assume they had unwanted visitors who thought they were entering a park.
At the point looking out onto Charelston harbour is The Battery, which is a park. There are cannons, cannon balls, and several memorials in the park, one to men lost in the sinking of a battleship, another to those killed in the war of 1776, another to those lost in the Civil war.
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| These flowers grow on many of the fences in front of homes in Charleston. They have a very sweet scent. |
Got together with Jim and Gloria for dinner. We plan to travel further north to Georgetown tomorrow.
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| We walked by the house of the owner of the Piggley Wiggley grocery stores; he has two pigs in front of the house, today they have their Easter bonnets on. |
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| A memorial to the Confederate defenders of Charleston. |
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