William Francis Guess Quote

An old Charlestonian may think of his city first and last, his heart bound to the palm-lined Battery, where echoes linger from the blasts of the guns his forebears trained on two meddling foreign powers—Great Britain and the United States.


American Panorama: East of the Mississippi, 1960


An old Charlestonian may think of his city first and last, his heart bound to the palm-lined Battery, where echoes linger from the blasts of the guns ...

An old Charlestonian may think of his city first and last, his heart bound to the palm-lined Battery, where echoes linger from the blasts of the guns ...

An old Charlestonian may think of his city first and last, his heart bound to the palm-lined Battery, where echoes linger from the blasts of the guns ...

An old Charlestonian may think of his city first and last, his heart bound to the palm-lined Battery, where echoes linger from the blasts of the guns ...