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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Celebrating 10 years… The Bridge!

This weekend the Ravenel Bridge celebrates its 10th anniversary. This beautiful structure has become an iconic  symbol of Charleston and the Lowcountry — and the home daily to drivers, bikers, runners and walkers. The view is spectacular — the harbor, barrier islands, rivers, the Atlantic Ocean and, of course, downtown Charleston.

To help celebrate, courtesy of the Post & Courier (the local newspaper), a 25 foot model of the bridge will be created with Lego bricks at Patriots Point on the lawn in front of the aircraft carrier Yorktown. Not only can you watch the bridge take shape, there will be music, food, kids activities and more. To make it easy to go, there will be a free parking pass printed in the newspaper every day this week (parking is $5.00 without the coupon). The pass also reduces the price of admission to the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum by $10.00.

The event will take place from 2:00 to 7:00 on Saturday, July 18th and 12:00 to 5:00 on Sunday, July 19th.

Patriots Point is located at 40 Patriots Point Road in Mt. Pleasant.

Ask a Local

What’s the deal with the City Market? Were slaves sold there or not?

asks John H., from Seattle, Washington… The City Market is what was called the “Slaves’ Market,” not the “Slaves Market.”  That apostrophe makes all the difference in the world. While a shocking number of humans were sold into slavery in Charleston (a very dark period in the City’s history), they were not sold at what […]

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