In New York, a sea of green, kilts and bagpipes flowed along 5th Avenue as big crowds gathered for t
HEADLINE: Raw Video: New Yorkers go green for the Irish
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CAPTION: In New York, a sea of green, kilts and bagpipes flowed along 5th Avenue as big crowds gathered for the city's 251st annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade. (March 17)
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In New York, a sea of green, kilts and bagpipes flowed along 5th Avenue as big crowds gathered for the city's 251st annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, leader of the city's Roman Catholics, announced before the parade stepped off that iconic St. Patrick's Cathedral would undergo a $175 million renovation. He said the first phase will involve cleaning the cathedral's soot-damaged exterior and replacing its windows.
Bronagh Premaillon, of Paris, grew up in Ireland, is celebrating her 60th birthday today.
I FIND IT VERY MUCH LIKE IN IRELAND HERE. EVERYBODY'S DRESSED IN GREEN AND I THINK IT'S A VERY EXCITING MOMENT FOR THE IRISH PEOPLE.
Marybeth Christiano of Vernon, N.J., seeing the parade for the first time.
WHY IS IT SUCH A GREAT HOLIDAY? WELL IT REMINDS ME OF MY IRISH HERITAGE, WHICH GOES WAY BACK, AND IT WAS ALWAYS A FUN TIME IN MY FAMILY.
Alice Coffey, of Ireland
Elaine Silcock of Ireland: WE JUST LIKED TO TAKE A HOLIDAY, AND ST. PADDY'S WEEK SEEMED TO BE THE BEST WEEK TO COME AND CELEBRATE.
Bernadette Coffey of Ireland: AND IT'S THE BIGGEST PARADE IN THE WORLD. WE WANTED TO EXPERIENCE IT FOR OURSELVES. IT SEEMS MORE FUN HERE.
Elaine Silcock. GREAT ATMOSPHERE. AND LOTS OF IRISH.
Nancy Felton, of Monticello, Iowa
I HAVE A BUCKET LIST THAT I WANT TO DO BEFORE I PASS AWAY. HOPEFULLY IN THE LAND OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND THIS ONE IS I WANTED TO HIT ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE FOR MY BUCKET LIST. AND I'M DOING IT, RIGHT HERE, IN 2012. THE PARADES WE USUALLY SEE IN IOWA ARE ONLY HALF AN HOUR BUT THIS ONE'S SUPPOSED TO BE THREE HOURS. SO WE CAN'T WAIT.
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Albany offering tours of Albany landmarks
ALBANY - Visitors of New York State's capital can now get a guided tour of the historic Empire State Plaza!
Governor Andrew Cuomo says it will focus on the history and design.
The tour includes stops at the Plaza Concourse, the Egg Center for the Performing Arts as well as the outdoor plaza.
The tour runs twice each weekday through the end of October.
Long Island
Long Island is an island in the U.S. state of New York. Stretching northeast from New York Harbor into the Atlantic Ocean, the island comprises four counties, including two (Kings and Queens) that form the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, and two (Nassau and Suffolk) that are farther out on the island and mainly suburban. Although all four counties are part of the greater New York metropolitan area, the name Long Island is often reserved in popular usage for only Nassau and Suffolk counties, as distinct from those lying within New York City proper. North of the island is Long Island Sound, across which are the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
With a Census-estimated population of 7,740,208 in 2013, Long Island is the most populated island in any U.S. state or territory, and the 17th-most populous island in the world (ahead of Ireland, Jamaica, and Hokkaidō). Its population density is 5,402 inhabitants per square mile (2,086 /km2). If it were a U.S. state, Long Island would rank 13th in population (after Virginia) and first in population density.
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The Role of Heritage in Storytelling
This symposium on the contribution of diverse cultural experiences to literature for children and youth was moderated by award-winning author Meg Medina. An audience of educators, literacy professionals, university professors and graduate students had an opportunity to ask questions for the presenters as part of the program.
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Get Ready for Wine & Dine for the Arts 2015!
The Albany Chef's Food & Wine Festival event WINE & DINE FOR THE ARTS returns for their sixth anniversary from January 15-17, 2015! Find out more about one of the region's most exciting Winter events at albanywinefest.com - proceeds benefit Albany's great arts & culture organizations!
C-SPAN Cities Tour - Ann Arbor: Kennedy and Johnson Speeches
Senator John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson both made historical speeches on the University of Michigan campus. Ann Arbor historian Grace Shackman talks about why the school served as the location for these two historical speeches and the impact they serve today.
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Vauxhall Motors
Vauxhall Motors (/ˈvaʊksɔːl/; registered name General Motors UK Limited) is a British automotive manufacturing and distribution company headquartered in Luton, Bedfordshire, and an affiliated company of the German Adam Opel AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of the American General Motors (GM). The company sells passenger cars and light commercial vehicles under the Vauxhall marque; in the past it has also sold buses and trucks under the Bedford brand. Vauxhall has been the second-largest-selling car brand in the UK for over two decades.
Vauxhall was founded by Alexander Wilson in 1857 as a pump and marine engine manufacturer and began manufacturing cars in 1903. It was acquired by GM in 1925. Bedford Vehicles was established as a subsidiary of Vauxhall in 1930 to manufacture commercial vehicles. Having previously been a luxury car brand, after the Second World War Vauxhall became increasingly mass-market. Since 1980, Vauxhall products have been largely identical to those of Opel, GM's German subsidiary, and most models are principally engineered in Rüsselsheim, Germany. During the 1980s the Vauxhall brand was withdrawn from sale in all countries apart from the UK and its dependencies. Throughout its history, Vauxhall has been active in motorsports, including rallying and the British Touring Car Championship.
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LCV Cities Tour - Columbus: War of 1812
Learn about the War of 1812 at the Ohio History Center and hear about the two battles that took place in Ohio that secured our nation's border with Canada.
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Bicentennial Symposium: Poetry & the American People
As part of the celebration of the Library of Congress Bicentennial in 2000, it sponsored the symposium Poetry and the American People: Reading, Voice and Publication in the 19th and 20th Centuries featuring a number of distinguished speakers followed by an evening reading by Robert Pinsky (U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry from 1997-2000) and W.S. Merwin (U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry from 2010-2011 and special Bicentennial Consultant from 1999-2000). In addition to Pinksy and Merwin, featured speakers included Rita Dove (U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry from 1993-95), Louise Glück (U.S. Poet Laureate from 2003-04), and Witter Bynner Fellows for 2000--Naomi Shihab Nye and Joshua Weiner.
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Dick Spottswood: Mini Symposium
The renowned discographer, researcher, author, broadcaster and scholar of folk and ethnic music Dick Spottswood participated in a two-part event at the Library, featuring an interview about his career and accomplishments followed by a panel with prominent Washington area folklorists, ethnomusicologists, discographers and archivists highlighting his numerous contributions to American music.
- Among his many accomplishments, Dick Spottswood is celebrated as the author of the essential Ethnic Music on Records: A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States, 1893-1942, a seven-volume listing of early sound recordings by foreign language and minority groups in the U.S.; the 15-volume LP series Folk Music in America, produced for the Library of Congress to mark the 1976 Bicentennial; for his research on Caribbean, South American, bluegrass, blues, and country recordings; and for his contributions to hundreds of influential reissue recordings by labels such as Arhoolie, Rounder, Yazoo and Bear Family as well as his own Melodeon and Piedmont labels.
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2019 Asian American Literature Festival
Four events at the Library of Congress celebrated Asian American literature during a three-day city-wide festival. Novelist Monique Truong gave a personal tour of Asian American literature through a mix of social/intellectual history, anecdotes and short readings by writers both celebrated and overlooked. Poets Jennifer Chang and Cathy Park Hong uncovered the work of lesser-known senior poets who importantly shaped Asian American literary culture. Mini-lectures were followed by readings of poets' work inspired by these secret histories. Poet Arthur Sze gave a personal tour of Asian American literature through a mix of social/intellectual history, anecdotes and short readings by writers both celebrated and overlooked. Poets Kazim Ali and Ching-In Chen uncovered the work of lesser-known senior poets who importantly shaped Asian American literary culture. Mini-lectures will be followed by readings of poets' work inspired by these secret histories.
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Albany, New York | Wikipedia audio article
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Albany ( (listen) ALL-bə-nee) is the capital of the U.S. state of New York and the seat of Albany County. Albany is located on the west bank of the Hudson River approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of its confluence with the Mohawk River and approximately 150 miles (240 km) north of New York City.
Albany is known for its rich history, commerce, culture, architecture, and institutions of higher education. Albany constitutes the economic and cultural core of the Capital District of New York State, which comprises the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area, including the nearby cities and suburbs of Troy, Schenectady, and Saratoga Springs. With a 2013 Census-estimated population of 1.1 million the Capital District is the third-most populous metropolitan region in the state. As of the 2010 census, the population of Albany was 97,856.
The area that later became Albany was settled by Dutch colonists who in 1614, built Fort Nassau for fur trading and, in 1624, built Fort Orange. In 1664, the English took over the Dutch settlements, renaming the city as Albany, in honor of the then Duke of Albany, the future James II of England and James VII of Scotland. The city was officially chartered in 1686 under English rule. It became the capital of New York in 1797 following formation of the United States. Albany is one of the oldest surviving settlements of the original British thirteen colonies, and is the longest continuously chartered city in the United States.During the late 18th century and throughout most of the 19th, Albany was a center of trade and transportation. The city lies toward the north end of the navigable Hudson River, was the original eastern terminus of the Erie Canal connecting to the Great Lakes, and was home to some of the earliest railroad systems in the world. In the 1920s, a powerful political machine controlled by the Democratic Party arose in Albany. In the latter part of the 20th century, Albany experienced a decline in its population due to urban sprawl and suburbanization; however, the New York State Legislature approved a $234 million building and renovation plan for the City in the 1990s that spurred renovation and building projects around the downtown area. In the early 21st century, Albany has experienced growth in the high-technology industry, with great strides in the nanotechnology sector.
The Mystery of Pearl Street | Toni Schlesinger
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Playwright, performer, and journalist Schlesinger pursues the unsolved, real-life story of two artists who disappeared in 1997 from their loft near the East River on one of the oldest streets in Manhattan. A wildly visual, psychological, and philosophical exploration of terror, romance, police procedure, money, real estate, and the city's history, Pearl Street is a story of love and loss.
Susan B. Anthony
Susan Brownell Anthony was an American social reformer who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856 she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.
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Benjamin Franklin | Wikipedia audio article
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Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. He founded many civic organizations, including the Library Company, Philadelphia's first fire department and the University of Pennsylvania.Franklin earned the title of The First American for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity, initially as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies. As the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation. Franklin was foundational in defining the American ethos as a marriage of the practical values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment. In the words of historian Henry Steele Commager, In a Franklin could be merged the virtues of Puritanism without its defects, the illumination of the Enlightenment without its heat. To Walter Isaacson, this makes Franklin the most accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become.Franklin became a successful newspaper editor and printer in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies, publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette at the age of 23. He became wealthy publishing this and Poor Richard's Almanack, which he authored under the pseudonym Richard Saunders. After 1767, he was associated with the Pennsylvania Chronicle, a newspaper that was known for its revolutionary sentiments and criticisms of British policies.
He pioneered and was first president of Academy and College of Philadelphia which opened in 1751 and later became the University of Pennsylvania. He organized and was the first secretary of the American Philosophical Society and was elected president in 1769. Franklin became a national hero in America as an agent for several colonies when he spearheaded an effort in London to have the Parliament of Great Britain repeal the unpopular Stamp Act. An accomplished diplomat, he was widely admired among the French as American minister to Paris and was a major figure in the development of positive Franco-American relations. His efforts proved vital for the American Revolution in securing shipments of crucial munitions from France.
He was promoted to deputy postmaster-general for the British colonies in 1753, having been Philadelphia postmaster for many years, and this enabled him to set up the first national communications network. During the revolution, he became the first United States Postmaster General. He was active in community affairs and colonial and state politics, as well as national and international affairs. From 1785 to 1788, he served as governor of Pennsylvania. He initially owned and dealt in slaves but, by the 1750s, he argued against slavery from an economic perspective and became one of the most prominent abolitionists.
His colorful life and legacy of scientific and political achievement, and his status as one of America's most influential Founding Fathers, have seen Franklin honored more than two centuries after his death on coinage and the $100 bill, warships, and the names of many towns, counties, educational institutions, and corporations, as well as countless cultural references.
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University of California, Berkeley | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:55 1 History
00:08:39 1.1 Name
00:09:27 1.2 Controversies
00:11:29 2 Academics
00:13:21 2.1 Undergraduate programs
00:15:23 2.2 Graduate and professional programs
00:17:02 2.3 Faculty and research
00:18:08 2.4 Library system
00:19:52 2.5 Rankings and reputation
00:20:38 2.5.1 Global
00:21:48 2.5.2 National
00:23:03 3 Discoveries and innovation
00:23:19 3.1 Natural sciences
00:26:11 3.2 Computer and applied sciences
00:28:14 3.3 Companies and entrepreneurship
00:30:19 4 Campus
00:32:59 4.1 Architecture
00:35:16 4.2 Natural features
00:36:41 4.3 Environmental record
00:37:43 5 Organization and administration
00:39:47 5.1 Funding
00:43:45 5.1.1 Financial aid and scholarship programs
00:44:16 6 Admissions and enrollment
00:45:46 7 Student life and traditions
00:49:26 7.1 Student housing
00:49:53 7.1.1 University housing
00:52:13 7.1.2 Cooperative housing
00:54:06 7.1.3 Fraternities and sororities
00:54:26 7.2 Student-run organizations
00:54:36 7.2.1 Student government
00:56:03 7.2.2 Communications media
00:57:35 7.2.3 Student groups
01:03:54 7.3 Athletics
01:07:16 7.3.1 California – Stanford rivalry
01:08:12 7.3.2 National championships
01:08:39 8 Notable alumni, faculty, and staff
01:09:14 8.1 Faculty
01:10:45 8.2 Alumni
01:29:47 9 See also
01:30:11 10 Notes and references
01:30:21 11 Further reading and viewing
01:32:09 12 External links
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The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a top-ranked public research university in the United States. Located in the city of Berkeley, it was founded in 1868, and serves as the flagship institution of the ten research universities affiliated with the University of California system. Berkeley has since grown to instruct over 40,000 students in approximately 350 undergraduate and graduate degree programs covering numerous disciplines.Berkeley is one of the 14 founding members of the Association of American Universities, with $789 million in R&D expenditures in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015. Today, Berkeley maintains close relationships with three United States Department of Energy National Laboratories—Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory—and is home to many institutes, including the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and the Space Sciences Laboratory. Through its partner institution University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Berkeley also offers a joint medical program at the UCSF Medical Center.As of October 2018, Berkeley alumni, faculty members and researchers include 107 Nobel laureates, 25 Turing Awards winners, and 14 Fields Medalists. They have also won 9 Wolf Prizes, 45 MacArthur Fellowships, 20 Academy Awards, 14 Pulitzer Prizes and 207 Olympic medals (117 gold, 51 silver and 39 bronze). In 1930, Ernest Lawrence invented the cyclotron at Berkeley, based on which UC Berkeley researchers along with Berkeley Lab have discovered or co-discovered 16 chemical elements of the periodic table – more than any other university in the world. During the 1940s, Berkeley physicist J. R. Oppenheimer, the Father of the Atomic Bomb, led the Manhattan project to create the first atomic bomb. In the 1960s, Berkeley was particularly noted for the Free Speech Movement as well as the Anti-Vietnam War Movement led by its students. In the 21st century, Berkeley has become one of the leading universities in producing entrepreneurs and its alumni have founded a large number of companies worldwide.Berkeley is often ranked as a top-ten university in the world and as the top public university in the United States. For 2017–18, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) ranked Berkeley 5th in the world. Berkeley also ranks 6th internationally in the CWUR World University Rankings. It is additionally ranked 4th in the world by U.S. News & World Report. Berkeley is ra ...
Manhattan | Wikipedia audio article
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Manhattan (), often referred to locally as the City, is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, its cultural identifier, and its historical birthplace. The borough is coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. The borough consists mostly of Manhattan Island, bounded by the Hudson, East, and Harlem rivers; several small adjacent islands; and Marble Hill, a small neighborhood now on the U.S. mainland, physically connected to the Bronx and separated from the rest of Manhattan by the Harlem River. Manhattan Island is divided into three informally bounded components, each aligned with its long axis: Lower, Midtown, and Upper Manhattan.
Manhattan is often described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world, and the borough hosts the United Nations Headquarters. Anchored by Wall Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading financial center of the world, and Manhattan is home to the world's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization: the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Many multinational media conglomerates are based in Manhattan, and the borough has been the setting for numerous books, films, and television shows. Manhattan is historically documented to have been purchased by Dutch colonists from Native Americans in 1626 for 60 guilders, which equals roughly US$1050 in current terms. Manhattan real estate has since become among the most expensive in the world, with the value of Manhattan Island, including real estate, estimated to exceed US$3 trillion in 2013; median residential property sale prices in Manhattan approximated US$1,600 per square foot ($17,000/m2) as of 2018, with Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan commanding the highest retail rents in the world, at US$3,000 per square foot ($32,000/m2) in 2017.Manhattan traces its origins to a trading post founded by colonists from the Dutch Republic in 1624 on Lower Manhattan; the post was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The territory and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York. New York, based in present-day Manhattan, served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the Americas by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a world symbol of the United States and its ideals of liberty and peace. Manhattan became a borough during the consolidation of New York City in 1898.
New York County is the United States' second-smallest county by land area (larger only than Kalawao County, Hawaii), and is also the most densely populated U.S. county. It is also one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 1,664,727 living in a land area of 22.83 square miles (59.13 km2), or 72,918 residents per square mile (28,154/km2), higher than the density of any individual U.S. city. On business days, the influx of commuters increases this number to over 3.9 million, or more than 170,000 people per square mile (65,600/km2). Manhattan has the third-largest population of New York City's five boroughs, after Brooklyn and Queens, and is the smallest borough in terms of land area.Many districts and landmarks in Manhattan are well known, as New York City received a record 62.8 million tourists in 2017, and Manhattan hosts three of the world's 10 most-visited tourist attractions in 2013: Times Square, Central Park, and Grand Central Terminal. The borough hosts many prominent bridges, such as the Brooklyn Bridge; skyscrapers such as the Empire State Building; and parks, such as Central Park. Chinatown incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese ...
Charleston, South Carolina | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:31 1 Geography
00:03:29 1.1 Topography
00:04:53 1.2 Climate
00:06:40 1.3 Metropolitan Statistical Area
00:08:17 2 History
00:08:25 2.1 Colonial era (1670–1786)
00:19:53 2.2 American Revolution (1776–1783)
00:22:50 2.3 Antebellum era (1783–1861)
00:30:40 2.4 Civil War (1861–1865)
00:32:37 2.5 Postbellum (1865–1945)
00:37:33 2.6 Contemporary era (1945–present)
00:41:10 3 Demographics
00:41:35 3.1 Language
00:42:59 3.2 Religion
00:44:34 4 Culture
00:45:52 4.1 Annual cultural events and fairs
00:46:54 4.2 Music
00:49:32 4.3 Live theater
00:50:12 4.4 Museums, historical sites, and other attractions
00:56:01 4.5 Sports
00:57:50 4.6 Books and films
00:58:57 5 Economy
01:00:09 6 Government
01:00:56 6.1 Fire department
01:01:39 6.2 Police department
01:02:43 6.3 EMS and medical centers
01:03:53 6.4 Coast Guard Station Charleston
01:04:23 7 Crime
01:05:09 8 Transportation
01:05:18 8.1 Airport
01:06:03 8.2 Rail
01:06:25 8.3 Interstates and highways
01:07:21 8.3.1 Major highways
01:08:10 8.3.2 Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge
01:08:48 8.4 City bus service
01:09:33 8.5 Port
01:11:13 9 Parks
01:11:21 10 Schools, colleges, and universities
01:13:42 11 Armed Forces
01:15:27 11.1 U.S. Coast Guard
01:16:22 11.2 Army
01:16:34 12 Media
01:16:42 12.1 Broadcast television
01:18:30 13 Notable people
01:20:52 14 Sister cities
01:22:31 15 See also
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Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline and is located on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley, Cooper, and Wando rivers. Charleston had an estimated population of 136,208 in 2018. The estimated population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was 787,643 residents in 2018, the third-largest in the state and the 78th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.
Charleston was founded in 1670 as Charles Town, honoring King Charles II of England. Its initial location at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River (now Charles Towne Landing) was abandoned in 1680 for its present site, which became the fifth-largest city in North America within ten years. Despite its size, it remained unincorporated throughout the colonial period; its government was handled directly by a colonial legislature and a governor sent by London. Election districts were organized according to Anglican parishes, and some social services were managed by Anglican wardens and vestries. Charleston adopted its present spelling with its incorporation as a city in 1783 at the close of the Revolutionary War. Population growth in the interior of South Carolina influenced the removal of the state government to Columbia in 1788, but the port city remained among the ten largest cities in the United States through the 1840 census. Historians estimate that nearly half of all Africans brought to America arrived in Charleston, most at Gadsden's Wharf. The only major antebellum American city to have a majority-enslaved population, Charleston was controlled by an oligarchy of white planters and merchants who successfully forced the federal government to revise its 1828 and 1832 tariffs during the Nullification Crisis and launched the Civil War in 1861 by seizing the Arsenal, Castle Pinckney, and Fort Sumter from their federal garrisons.
Known for its rich history, well-preserved architecture, distinguished restaurants, and hospitable people, Charleston is a popular tourist destination. ...
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