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Glimpses of Charleston

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Please settle something for us. My husband calls it Battery Park, I think it is actually called White Point Gardens. Who is correct?

asks Alexa T., from Providence, RI.

I hate to say it, Alexa, but you are both wrong. While Battery Park is a popular nickname for the wonderful spot at the tip of the Charleston peninsula, the proper name is White Point Garden (no “s” — you were so close!).  Home to a beautiful bandstand and all sorts of monuments, cannons and other weaponry, it gets its name from all the sun-bleached oyster shells that used to be there.

 

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