9:53 am on Saturday April 7, 2012
| Posted by Ken Hawkins
Even more tourists going to Fort Sumter
Image by Flickr user fboosman
In April 1861, the first shot of the Civil War was fired on Fort Sumter in the Charleston Harbor — 150 years later in 2011 the fort saw a record influx of visitors that has carried through to 2012 — up 11% more from last year.