In age of Trump, Sidney Blumenthal's book on Lincoln illuminates party history Read moreThe Republican has introduced a bill creating the Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie national park as the nation’s 60th national park and second in South Carolina. Fort Sumter, on Charleston Harbor, was bombarded by Confederate guns on 12 April 1861, a fight that started four years of civil war. Both forts are part of the Fort Sumter national monument, one of 84 national monuments among 413 sites administered by the National Park Service. Scott said a national park designation would give the forts a higher profile among the array of other national park properties and should mean more visitors to sites that now draw about 1 million visitors a year. Tim Stone, the superintendent of the Fort Sumter national monument, said a national park designation would not expand the park or mean more budget money.

Source: The Guardian September 11, 2016 19:53 UTC