[lodwick]

In 1822, the South Carolina Legislature passed an "An Act to Establish a Competent Force to act as a Municipal Guard for the Protection of the City of Charleston and Vicinity." Land on the North end of Marion Square was selected for an arsenal and guard house and in 1829, the architect, Frederick Wesner, completed the building which was known as The Citadel. A similar facility was constructed in Columbia, South Carolina which was known as The Arsenal. State troops occupied both sites at a cost of $24,000 a year.

[LadyX]

One of my sisters married in The Citadel Chapel, her husband a graduate thereof.

[dixie sass]

I remember as a child seeing the Cadets drilling on Marion Square - Soooooooooooooooooo dashing and handsome in those uniforms. Ummmm, actually they are still dashing and handsome and well I'm not sure I can say that about the females (which I don't think belong there)