The Post and Courier: Why Confederate flags are flying in the middle of Charleston Harbor
Charleston’s contradictions often are clearly visible from the city’s harbor.
Near the historic district, which has benefited from stringent preservation efforts over many decades, new hotels and apartment buildings rise. The soon-to-open International African American Museum located on Gadsden’s Wharf confronts Confederate flags flying above Castle Pinckney on Shutes Folly in the middle of the harbor.
