Day 7 - Charleston

Full day! Started with Charles Pinckney National Historic Site. Interesting to see how many fundamental ideas (and wording) in our Constitution came from him. Also got to see indigo plants and read about the process of making dye, but unfortunately no demos.

Then on to the Shell Ring trail, a one mile hike through forest and marsh to some 4000 year-old clam shell middens. It was a gorgeous day so really nice to be out in the forest--just us and the mosquitoes.

Then into Charleston just in time to tour Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim. The congregation started in 1749, so one of the oldest in America. The current building is Greek revival and was built in 1840. It's generally considered the founding congregation of reform Judaism.

And the to Charles Towne Landing, where the first English settlers arrived in 1670, so was the beginning for what eventually became South Carolina. The coolest thing here was a replica 17th century sailing ship such as would have taken goods from South Carolina to Barbados. It's small!

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