Patriot Hero William Moultrie
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Posted on 06/29/2007 8:58:18 PM PDT by Pharmboy
CHARLESTON, S.C. --Hundreds gathered at the end of Charleston Peninsula to watch the unveiling of a statue to honor Revolutionary War hero and former South Carolina governor, Maj. Gen. William Moultrie.
Moultrie's most famous battle was fighting off a British attempt to capture what was then called Charles Town Harbor. Moultrie and his group of about 400 men battled from a fort made of sand and palmetto logs on Sullivans Island.
Moultrie's unit held firm against an estimated 2,000-strong British group trying to cross from what's now Isle of Palms.
"This statue represents freedom and liberty, from now to eternity, for this great nation," former Gov. James B. Edwards said.
The British eventually captured Charleston in 1780. They also caught Moultrie, who was later released in a prisoner exchange.
Moultrie twice served as governor. While in office, he moved the state capitol from Charleston to Columbia.
The 8-foot statue was sculpted by John Ney Michel. Local groups raised $250,000 for the project.
Moultrie's statue shows him in uniform with his sword sheathed. He's holding his hat at his side as he appears to look out at Charleston Harbor.
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley praised the Moultrie statue, calling it beautiful, patriotic and the result of an ambitious undertaking.
"Liberty is a precious thing, and our forefathers are rightly venerated for their bravery and devotion," Riley said.
Damn, I love to see patriotism and appreciation of history like this on display. Went to the Bennington, VT monument last month. I can’t get enough of it.
THE PATRIOT starring Mel Gibson, the fall of charleston is a prominent part of the story.
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We visited Ft. Moultrie on Sullivan Island back in 2002. Well worth the visit .. anyone driving the New England/Florida corridor might want to take a side trip to see the fort and the beautiful city of Charleston.
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We were also there, in 2001. Charleston is one of our favorite places on earth.
If congress and the president had their way, they would nullify these patriot’s lives.
“Charleston is one of our favorite places on earth.”
Same here, then a short hop down to Hilton Head and Savannah .. not bad!
Indeed. When you think about it, it’s utterly amazing that liberals and conservatives agree on very little except being against this immigration bill while much of congress and the president thumbed their noses at us and called us bigots. We should completely change congress in ‘08 and elect people not lawyers.
I definately intend to do my share to accomplish that goal...excluding Jeff Sessions.
I had some friends from Peru who were looking for other places to visit in the American southeast after their stay in Miami. I told them to plan a trip to St. Augustine, followed by Savannah, concluding with Charleston. They were NOT disappointed.
Being half-Polish, I just HAD to make a pilgrimage to Savannah when I was younger to see where General Pulaski gave his life. I have been back several times, as well as the Jekyll Island, Charleston, Hilton Head, the barrier islands, etc.
Kudos to General Moultrie, one of the heroes of the "war in the South" aka Cornwallis "southern strategy" after the brothers Howe failed in the mid-Atlantic.
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“Charleston is one of our favorite places on earth.”
Me too. I love it there.
God bless America and God bless real American heros like
William Moultrie.
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Who could ever forget the heroics of men like Sergeant Jasper? Truly this was a battle that is deservedly commemorated on South Carolina's flag:
General Washington’s most adroit operations nicely fixed in place the British north of the Chesapeake allowing room for Greene’s operations to the south. General Washington was a most formidable man.
The Southerners had a whole country full of young men much of the sort we see in the young General Andrew Jackson. Those blue coated Continental Line at The Cowpens were southern boys.
So were Tarleton’s dragoons.
Not the first time my idiot relatives were shooting at each other, I suppose, and for sure not the last. Let us hope that 1861-65 was.
Cowpens featured again, the great Marylanders. If you want to call them southern, fine, but most people do not these days!
Happy to see AM REV WAR get another commemoration. Far too few for this war, vastly more important than the too-popular Civil War.
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