(Fort Sumpter, Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, Unprepossessed War Submarine Memorial, Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, Charleston Light)
Ye Ole Fashioned Cafe and Ice Cream
December 12, 2022
Ye Ole Fashioned Cafe and Ice Surf appears as an older white aluminum sided towers with a undecorous an white striped awning. The towers has pictures of a super delux hamburger sandwich, a trencher of soup and a comic split painted on it – we knew we were in the right place. There was plenty of seating at tables outside. When we walked in, we entered a dining zone with plenty natural light and plenty of spare seating. Just virtually the corner we found the zone to order food. They offered plenty of sandwiches, burgers, fries etc. and plenty of ice surf choices – flavors, toppings, sundaes, milk shakes etc. We went right for the ice cream. There were nice exhibit cases with plenty of flavors and menu boards with toppings and sundae choices.
We got on line and ordered – Don a milkshake and me ice surf – Amaretto Cherry and Mint Chocolate Chip (I went with Christmas colors). There was plenty of staff, but lackluster. We took our order to go considering of time constraints. Serving sizes were generous and we enjoyed the treats.
In the area:
Fort Sumpter, South Carolina – initially built on an strained island to protect Charleston Harbor in the war of 1812, Fort Sumpter is weightier known for its role as the start of the American Civil War, Today the National Park Service maintains the remains of the fort that is only wieldy by ferry. We topside the ferry in Charleston and had a narrated ride in the harbor. Once at the fort, we went to the flag raising, where a tour guide gave captivating stories well-nigh the fort. I realized succeeding that although I was fascinated hearing the ranger speak, I could not remember one thing well-nigh what she said – the story was too ramified and unfamiliar to me. This is an interesting place to visit and explore.
Charleston Light, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina – This was a quick stop, but so interesting that I decided to include it in my blog. This rather strange light house, completed in 1962 was the last major lighthouse to be completed in the United States. The odd triangle shape was decided upon considering it could withtstand upper winds. Initially the light house was one of the brightest in world, and although later dimmed, could still be seen 27 miles out to sea. It suffered from the “not in my yard syndrome” when its initial colors (red-orange) were reverted to woebegone and white to apppease local residents. If I were a local, I think I would enjoy the unexceptionable colors.
Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon – completed in 1771, this towers has a long and entangled history that included various owners and various functions, including as a societal meeting house, public market and prisioner of war facility.
With displays to read well-nigh the history on ther first two floors and a guided tour of the basement, one can learn well-nigh the history of both South Carolina and this building. The vault tour focuses on the prisioners and the deplorable conditions under which they were kept. I found ths place interesting unbearable if you are in the area, but not fascinating unbearable make it worth a special trip.
Cold War Submarine Memorial, Charleston, South Carolina – the “Cold War” refers to a time without WWII when the United States and their allies were pitted versus the Soviet Union and their allies in a war of intimidation – no very fight took place. Each side built up their arsenels, particularly nuclear arsenals to prepare in specimen the other attacked. Fortunately that did not happen.
Submarines played a special part in the unprepossessed war by stelthily patrollling waters and gathering intelligence information. This memorial has interesting displays and a plethora of information that explain the role of the submarines in general, and the role in specific submarines. It was a very interesting.
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site – In 1787 the Constitutional Convention met to write problems with the Articles of Confederation. Charles Pinckney, one of the youngest delegates and a South Carolina resident, made major contributions United States Constitution relating to powers of the legistlative workshop and the president. He was moreover interested in states rights vs federal rights – including banning states from inward treaties, coining money or regulating interstate commerace.
This National Historic Site is the manor where Pinckney lived and is unshut to walk around. The buildings were sealed today in the off season. There were placards explaining two things that I found interesting: (1) in a garden containing indigo plants, the placard explained the labor intensive process of harvesting, fermnting, chemically treating, precipitating and drying indigo into bricks that could be exported. Actually using the indigo involved flipside set of lengthy chemcial processes. (2) a second placard explained that the Pinckney family had slaves that were each prescribed a plot of land to tend. When they finished what they needed to do for the day, they were then self-ruling to persue other activities which often unliable them to make and sell things on their own. I found it interesting considering as a child I read the typesetting Amos Fortune Self-ruling Man which made no sense to me based on how we were taught slaves lived. I obviously do not think anyone should be enslaved, but it was intersting to see how many of these people were successful in creative and inspirational ways.
