Lee and Karen Duquette
walked around White Point Garden Park
East Battery and Murray Boulevard
Charleston, SC 29401
February 7, 2024

Below: While driving their toad to the White Point Garden, the two RV Gypsies drove by The United States Custom House, an historical landmark in Charleston SC and Karen Duquette quickly snapped a photograph.

Below: Welcome to White Point Garden sign

USS Amberjack (SS-219) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship named for the amberjack.

White Point Garden is a 5.7 acre public park located in peninsular Charleston, South Carolina, at the tip of the peninsula. It is the southern terminus for the Battery, a defensive seawall and promenade. It is bounded by East Battery (to the east), Murray Blvd. (to the south), King St. (to the west), and South Battery (to the north). The southern tip of Charleston's peninsula was originally known as the South Bay and later Oyster Point. In the early 19th century it was renamed White Point. A lot of historical monuments can be seen here.

Placed at irregular intervals around three sides of the perimeter of White Point Garden are several military relics. Along East Battery are the 11-inch Dahlgren gun from the USS Keokuk that fired shells at Fort Sumter in 1863 and two Confederate columbiads (large cannons) that were used in the defense of Fort Sumter. On Murray Blvd. there are several more artillery pieces: a rare 7-inch Brooke rifle (a large cannon) that was found at Fort Johnson and four 13-inch Union mortars (weighing 17,000 pounds each). On the King St. side are a 1918 World War I howitzer; a French cannon of Revolutionary War vintage that was found in Camden, South Carolina; and a rapid-fire gun from a Spanish ship captured during the Spanish–American War.

Below: A Gazebo in White Point Garden Park

Below: The William Moultrie statue is a monumental statue in Charleston, South Carolina. Located in White Point Garden, the statue was unveiled in 2007 and honors William Moultrie, a general in the American Revolutionary War.

Below: A very happy Karen Duquette
in Charleston, SC

Below: At the southeastern corner of White Point Garden is a large allegorical statue installed in 1932 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The monument titled, Confederate Defenders of Charleston, commemorates the soldiers who fought for their city and the southern States during the Civil War. The bronze statue is 12 feet tall and rests on a granite base 13 feet tall.

Additional inscriptions are found on the granite base, and the plate in the front says:
Below: TO THE DEFENDERS OF FORT MOULTRIE JUNE THE 28TH, 1776

The base is 15 feet high and the statue is 6.5 feet high

Below: Along the center walkway in the park, halfway between Church and Meeting, is a bronze bust, atop a granite column, of William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870), a poet, novelist, and historian, whose history of South Carolina served as the definitive textbook on state history for much of the 20th century. Sculpted by John Quincy Adams Ward, the monument was added in 1879. The base for the bust was designed by Edward Brickell White.

Below: A Monument in honor of The USS Hobson (DD-464/DMS-26), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Richmond Pearson Hobson, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the Spanish–American War. He would later in his career attain the rank of rear admiral and go on to serve as a congressman from the state of Alabama.

Hobson, constructed at a cost of $5 million, was launched at the Charleston Navy Yard on 8 September 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Grizelda Hobson, widow of Rear Admiral Hobson. As the new destroyer slid down the ways, she was cheered on by spectators and whistle blasts from other vessels on the Cooper River.[1] Hobson was commissioned on 22 January 1942.[2]

In 1952, Hobson collided with the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-18) and sank with the loss of 176 crew. The ships had been undertaking amphibious exercises in the Atlantic, with Wasp practicing night flying, when Hobson attempted to turn in front of the carrier and collided with Wasp. Hobson was broken in two and quickly sunk, causing the greatest loss of life on a US Navy ship since World War II.

Below: The engraved statement behind the above monument.

Below: A very big and real dog in the park.

Below: Karen Duquette photographed several different trees because she loves the different shapes of the branches and the way the light was hi-lighting the trees.

Bellow: A beautiful tree in lights

Below: The two RV Gypsies walked across the street and enjoyed a beautiful sunset.

Bye Bye Charleston - it is time for the two RV Gypsies to head back to the hotel so they can go on the cruise tomorrow. But first, one last photo of a big house with a nice "sun porch" on top, glistering in the sunshine.

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