Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC
See Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC. This is where the first shot occurred, starting the 4yr long civil war that killed over 600,000 Americans. Just 3.5mi from Charleston, SC, sitting on a man made island, Fort Sumter was originally built to thwart attacks by the British on Charleston, a major shipping port city. But it ended up to be the fuse that blew, starting the civil war. How quickly we forget about the ultimate sacrifices that hundreds of thousands made to have equal rights and freedoms in this country.