Sullivan’s Island in South Carolina
Monday, 27 July 2015 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika Category/Kategorie: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Battle of Sullivan’s Island monument © Brian Stansberry/cc-by-3.0
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Sullivan’s Island is an American town and island in
Charleston County ,
South Carolina , at the entrance to
Charleston Harbor , with a population was 1,900. The town has a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.5 km2), of which 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2) is land and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2) (27.11%) is water. The
Ben Sawyer Bridge connects Sullivan’s Island to
Mount Pleasant . A bridge spanning Breach Inlet connects it to
Isle of Palms . Sullivan’s Island is part of the
Sea Islands .
Sullivan’s Island was the point of entry for approximately 40 percent of the 400,000 enslaved Africans brought to British North America ; it has been likened to a harsh Ellis Island , the 19th-century reception point for immigrants in New York City . During the American Revolution , the island was the site of a major battle at Fort Sullivan on June 28, 1776, since renamed Fort Moultrie in honor of the rebel commander at the battle, Colonel William Moultrie .
Fort Moultrie Post Exchange, part of the Sullivan's Island Historic District © Brian Stansberry/cc-by-3.0
The
Battle of Sullivan’s Island was commemorated by the addition of a white palmetto tree to the flag used to rally that day, the
Moultrie Flag ; this became the basis of the
Flag of South Carolina . The victory is celebrated and June 28 is known as
Carolina Day . The history of the island has been dominated by Fort Moultrie, which, until its closure in the late 1940s, served as the base of command for the defense of the City of Charleston. After World War II, the Department of Defense concluded that such coastal defense installations were no longer needed given current technology and style of war.
The island was known as
O’Sullivan’s Island , named for Captain Florence O’Sullivan, who was stationed here as a lighthouse keeper in the late 17th century. O’Sullivan was captain of one of the ships in the first fleet to establish English and Irish settlement at
Charleston . In 1671, he became
surveyor general . He appears in the earliest record of
Irish immigration to the Carolinas , mentioned as being taken on “at Kingsayle (
Kinsale ) in Ireland”.
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