The Citadel Old Campus is Marion Square
Posted By : manager
Posted : July 20, 2020
1922
In 1918, the City of Charleston gave the State of South Carolina one hundred seventy-six acres on the banks of the Ashley River for a new campus. In 1922 the college moved to its current location. Today, the picturesque campus contains twenty-four major buildings.
On January 9, 1861, a battery on Morris Island manned by Citadel Academy cadets fired on the U.S. steamer Star of the West, preventing it from reaching Fort Sumter with troops and supplies and thus firing what is considered to be the first shots of the American Civil War.
Marion Square is the old Citadel Campus Parade Ground
Now Marion Square 2020 Embassy Suites Charleston South Carolina
The Citadel today is still the most favored Military College of Southern Men and Women
