CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — People from across the Lowcountry and around the world gathered at Waterfront Park on Saturday to celebrate America’s 250th birthday at the Waterfront Independence Day Celebration.
Day opened from above
The celebration started in the skies.
F-16s with the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing out of McEntire Joint Base flew over the South Carolina coast.
They were followed by a C-17 from the 437th Airlift Wing based at Joint Base Charleston and a flight of Apache helicopters in formation from the South Carolina Army National Guard’s Alpha Company, 1-151st Attack Battalion, also out of McEntire Joint Base.
A bald eagle named Clark takes center stage
A national symbol stole the show at Waterfront Park — a bald eagle named Clark, brought by the World Bird Sanctuary out of St. Louis, Missouri…