CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A live demonstration that would have commemorated the “Firing of the Star of the West” has been cancelled.
The Citadel Military Living History Society announced the event would not happen because of “unforeseen challenges concerning the use of the intended property.”
A live artillery demonstration was planned for Saturday to mark the 165th anniversary of the firing on a Union merchant ship in Charleston’s Harbor after South Carolina seceded from the Union during civil conflict…