Editor: Today, April 12th, is the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. Confederate forces fired on Union forces manning Fort Sumter in the middle of Charleston Harbor. For 34 hours the bombardment continued and, eventually, the Union forces left the island fortress. Much of Charleston has not changed since that fateful cannon barrage.
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Priceline’s 6th annual survey of the 50 most popular destinations for July 4, 2009 is out today. The survey is based on more than 30,000 hotel room booking requests made by customers using priceline.com’s Name Your Own Price® hotel reservation service.
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There was always something magical about Yellowstone. It could have to do with observing animals without glass or fencing in between. Maybe the thrill of the not-quite-predictable geyser shows. Recently, my wife and I returned again, this time with cameras, instead of children, in hand.
Walking the streets of Charleston, South Carolina’s well-preserved historic district, it’s hard to imagine that perhaps no other U.S. city has struggled so hard to survive over the four centuries since its founding. Raided by pirates, besieged by the British, burned to the ground during the Civil War, demolished by an earthquake and flooded by hurricanes, Charleston’s history is one of continual rebuilding after natural or manmade disasters.
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