The Powder Magazine and a Graveyard.
I’m back to tell you about our adventures last Sunday!
First things first, we went to the new Forever 21 on King Street because it was opening weekend. I got a dress with bows on it, and Jon get a red belt and a sweater with toggles. It was very exciting.
Next, we stopped at the Circular Church and walked through the old graveyard. It’s not that we are weird and spooky or anything, its just that Charleston has the neatest graveyards around. These graves date back to the late 1600s. Pretty amazing.
The gravestones have the obituaries engraved right on them so you can read about all of these people from hundreds of years ago.
Jon is standing next to the grave for the first American born dentist. He came to Charleston to teach, but quickly died of yellow fever. Sad.
Here I am with a good view of the Circular Church.
When Jon gets his fancy new camera in the mail (surprise! we’re getting a new camera), he’s going to go around town and take beautiful pictures of all the old churches. I’m really looking forward to it.
After we had had enough graveyard, we walked over to BOCCI’S for some Italian. I had the spaghetti with meatballs and Jon ordered their pizza. It was a really cute, small restaurant with great food. Plus, we were able to get 50% the price with our tourist cards!
BOCCI’S was on the same street as the Powder Magazine so we just strolled on over after lunch.
The Powder Magazine is where Charleston first stored all of their gun powder.
It now holds artifacts, pictures, and a very interesting interactive map of Charleston when it was first settled. As you can see in this picture, the walls were arched. The design was to ensure that if the gun powder caught fire, the building would implode, and drop sand from the ceiling.
That’s all.
Categories: Charleston, Cool, Fun
Tags: BOCCI'S, Circular Church, Forever 21, Graveyard, Italian, King Street, Powder Magazine
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