CANCELED: The Horn Work: Charleston's Tabby Fortress

NOTE: This event has been canceled to help prevent the spread of novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Effective on Friday, March 13, all public bookmobile and outreach services will be suspended to possibly resume sometime after April 1. CCPL will also be suspending all public programs as well as events and gatherings held in booked rooms, effective Monday, March 16 also to resume sometime after April 1. Learn more here. 

Main Library - What’s the story behind that slab of rock standing in Marion Square? It was once part of the massive “Horn Work” fortification that served as the town gate and the centerpiece of Charleston’s defenses during the British siege of 1780. Join CCPL's historian, Dr. Nic Butler, for an illustrated history of the Horn Work from its construction in 1757 through its demolition in 1784.