The Citadel, Senior military college in Charleston, United States.
The Citadel is a state military college in Charleston, South Carolina, occupying a large campus with pale stone buildings. The structures surround a rectangular parade ground where formations and ceremonies in uniform take place each day.
Founded in 1842 as the South Carolina Military Academy, the school emerged from two arsenals built after a failed uprising in 1822. The academy trained officers across generations and played an important role in the military tradition of the state.
Cadets live according to a military schedule with set meal times, roll calls, and marching drills on the central parade ground. The name refers to the original function as a fortified barracks, which remains visible in the ordered layout of the grounds.
Visitors can watch public parades and events that usually take place on Friday afternoons, offering open access to the parade ground. The campus is accessible during daytime hours, though some areas remain reserved for students.
The campus holds a collection of over 350 historic artillery pieces from the Civil War era, the largest of its kind in the southeastern United States. Many of these cannons were recovered from regional battlefields and now line the pathways around the grounds.
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