Penn School

Historical marker location:

152 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Saint Helena Island, South Carolina

( Marker is on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive (State Highway S-7-45), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1981

South Carolina was the site of the first battle of the Civil War. In April 1861, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, a federal fort located in Charleston Harbor. The bombardment lasted for 34 hours and resulted in the surrender of the fort to the Confederates.