Embassy Suites Charleston, South Carolina

     The Citadel traces its origin to an arsenal in South Carolina formed to defend white residents from.possible.slave rebellion.

     The Citadel College was founded by an act of the state legislature in 1847 as the South Carolina Military Academy. It consisted of the Citadel Academy in Charleston and the Arsenal Academy in Columbia.  Arsenal Academy was destroyed by Sherman in the Civil War.  The Citadel Academy was occupied by Union Shoulders in 1865. It opened as an educational academy in 1887.  It was located at 337 Meeting Street.  In 1992 it was moved to the banks of the Ashley River.

Embassy Suites South Carolina

     The Citadel Building was repurposed as an Embassy Suites Hotel.

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