The college of Charleston is the oldest municipal college in America (c. 1785).
The Citadel, the military college of South Carolina, was founded in 1842. Citadel cadets fought in eight engagements of the Civil War.
The first decisive American victory of the American Revolution was the Battle of Fort Sullivan (On Sullivan's Island).
Charleston built America's first golf course, Harleston Green, and organized the first golf club, the south Carolina Golf club, in 1786.
Middleton Place (c. 1741) is America's oldest formally landscaped gardens.