Show One Lonely Soldier Guards Famous Port CHARLESTON S. S C. C AP-A AP lonely garrison n ot of one private soldier sol aol dier tOday stands guard over O old oldFort Fort Sumter where nearly 68 years ago began gan the drama of oC tho civil cl war The old fort In possession of at the United St States government as a milItary mil ml- post since its construction about 1812 except for the period ot of the tho civil war today has a lealion lea lea- lion Uon ot of two 12 inch guns or of which the one man garrison is caretaker er Sumter has bas seen no active servIce ser ser- vIce In more than 60 0 years but through the war ot of secession It was the tho center ot of furious fighting cen cen- terIn around the harbor and the citY The first overt o act which brought broughton on actual civil war in 1861 took place pineo hero here On her secession from the union SOUth Seuth Carolina had required required re- re the surrender of aU all property proper proper- ty within her boundaries heM held by the national government Maj Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert Anderson commanding a slon ot of federal troops at Fort rt Meal tue trie withdrew his garrison to Sumter Sumter Sum Sum- ter then un unoccupied a as a easily fended defended point A federal steamer sent to J give ve him supplies having been driven ort off by land batteries the confederate forces demanded Immediate surrender of the tho fort On Major Andersons Anderson's refusal a ter- ter title bombardment ot of more mOle than 35 33 hours hours' destroyed many ot of the f fOrtifications fOrti- fOrti rU- rU ald finally forced the be- be federals to surrender r and evacuate The flung firing on Fort Sumter Sum Sum- tet ter was announced d to be an act of ff war by President Lincoln whose Immediate call fox for volunteers 1 ie- ie e- e Suited in in the north and nd was followed by four years ot of warfare An exhibition ot of home culture arts and crafts will be the outstanding ing attraction of Stockholm In the 1930 |