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The Town |
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Charleston is a very historic place made all the more unique by the fact
that many of the buildings date back to the 19th or even 18th centuries.
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This brick mansion dates from the
1800's, and was right outside our hotel. |
This is a typical Charleston street. Charleston is
spread out over a wide area, without many tall buildings. |
This is the Drayton Hall, a large mansion built on a
plantation outside of Charleston in the 1700's. It is the oldest
non-improved (no electricity, etc) house in America. |
This is a view of Charleston's Battery at sunset. Not
bad, eh? |
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Singing at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist |
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Cathedral was a great environment to sing in. The current building was
built in the late 1800's to replace the original structure which burnt
down in 1861. |
Exterior of St. John's |
Interior view. |
The choir loft: Room for everyone, but barely! |
Right side of the loft. |
Left side of the loft. |
Dr. Talley had trouble with the foot pedal for his
keyboard- it wouldn't stay put! |
Fortunately, one of our intrepid Plebes messaged to
Garcia and came up with a solution. |
Practice can really take a lot out of you! Now for
some fun... |
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Fun Things to do
in Charleston |
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Choir took a group trip to Patriots Point, where the USS Yorktown
(CV-10), USS Laffey (DD-724), USS Clamagore (SS-343) and the Coast Guard
cutter Ingham are kept as museums. There was a lot to see and do there! |
Without a doubt, the crown jewel of Patriots Point is
the USS Yorktown, a WW II-era carrier. |
Here is our officer representative, Commander
McKavitt, explaining some of the finer points of Naval Aviation. |
CDR McKavitt's experience as a Naval Flight
Officer made him a great tour guide! |
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Here are a group of choir members expanding the
horizons of mammalian communication by attempting to talk to dolphins
swimming below. |
Here I am hamming it up in front of a F6F Hellcat
fighter in the Yorktown's hangar deck. |
Speaking of hamming it up, here I am on a 40-mm
Bofors anti-aircraft mount. You could actually turn the crank I'm
holding to train (rotate) the mount. Sweeeeeet! I wish I had one of
these for my backyard... |
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| Fort
Moultrie is a fort that overlooks Charleston Harbor. the position was
been used for the coastal defense of the United States from 1776 to
1945, but now serves as a museum. |
This is the WW-II control tower that overlooks the
fort. |
No ship could pass into the harbor without coming
into range of these guns. |
Here I am, posing next to one of the guns seen in the
previous picture. |
This is a display of various weapons that were once
mounted in the fort. |
