The Two Charles Townes: Why the Capital Moved
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About Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site
This site preserves the original location of the first permanent English settlement in the region. It serves as a living history space that highlights the early colonial era along the Ashley River.story_potoo
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Experience the smoke and fire of historic weapons as educators dressed in period attire demonstrate reproduction, 17th-century small arms. Learn why the proprietors of England’s Carolina colony thought that muskets were necessary for Carolina’s defense.
Feel the ground shake beneath your feet and smell the brimstone as the Charles Towne Militia fires replica, 17th-century cannons. This 20-minute program explores the Spanish threat, Charles Towne’s fortifications, and the citizen-soldiers who protected the early colony, before culminating in the firing of one or more of our reproduction great guns.
