JAMES ISLAND — The flag of a Revolutionary hero was raised over Fort Johnson after patriots took it over from British forces 250 years ago. On Sept. 13, the flag rose again over the land where the fort once stood kicking off a series of events honoring the nation’s 250th birthday.

The event, hosted by SC 250 Charleston , was to mark the anniversary of the fort’s capture in the nascent days of the Revolutionary War. Erick Nason, a historian and re-enactor leading the 2nd South Carolina Regiment, recounted the daring albeit anticlimactic mission to take the stronghold and its almost 20 cannons.

Local leaders tasked then-Col. William Moultrie with seizing Fort Johnson. Moultrie and his deputy selected three companies led by men who would one day become heroes and historic names in their o

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