Charleston Pictures 1

So after I left Texas, I went to Columbus, GA for a few days to hang out until Jackson could get leave and we could go on to part C of my road trip: Charleston, South Carolina. What was really neat was that my friends Tori and Ginger (from D.C.) were going to be in Charleston that same weekend, so we got to meet up for dinner before I had to leave early for D.C. and my rotation.

[Incidentally, Blogspot won't let me post more than a couple pictures at a time, so this one's going to be a multi-post to get all my pictures in!]

The pineapples were a sign of hospitality in the South, and apparently when sea captains came back from Barbados, they'd put fresh pineapples they brought back with them on spikes on their gateposts to announce their arrival home, and that they were open for trading.

This pink house was the very first house to be restored & preserved in Charleston. It dates from the 1690s!!

This stained-glass Tiffany window is in St. Michael's church, where George Washington worshiped when he made his one visit to the South, and you can still see where he sat, in the visitor's pew. It still has a very active congregation, and these cute ladies were watering the flowers and dusting while we were touring their church.

This is St. Michael's Church, which was once Anglican, and then switched to Episcopalian after the Revolution. It's where George Washington visited, and also one of the Four Corners of the Law (representing the Spiritual/Holy law) of the main intersection in Charleston. So the main intersection in Charleston has four important buildings, one on each corner. They call it the Four Corners of the Law, because each corner represents a different aspect of the Law: Spiritual, Federal, State, and Local.

This is the South Carolina State House, representing the State part of the Four Corners of the Law.

This is the Federal Post Office, representing the Federal part of the Law.

Below is the Charleston City Hall (under reconstruction), representing the Local part of the Law.