Visitation Record at Fort Sumter

From the April 6th NBC4 "Visitation hits record level where Civil War began" by Bruce Smith.

A record 328,000 visitors took the boat ride out to Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC, for the 150th observance of the Civil War in 2011. And that trend continues this year where it was up another 11% for the first three months.

The Fort Sumter Monument also includes Fort Moultrie in Sullivans Island and the Charles Pinckney Historic Site in nearby Point Pleasant.

Fort Sumter usually draws 200,000 visitors a year. Attendance had only exceeded 300,000 one other year and that was the year after 9-11, 2002.

Going to See the Fort!! --Old B-R'er