Visiting the Old South By Mrs D. Like a blast to the past in a time machine, I traveled back 149 years to 1860 in Charleston, South Carolina, right before the beginning of the Civil War. I found myself at Drayton Hall on the banks of the Ashley River, sitting under the magnolia trees. Actually the year is 2009, and it took us only one hour and thirty-five minutes by plane to reach Charleston. Our destination is so close to home, and yet this is the first time that we have ventured south in the United States. I was excited to finally see the plantations and beautiful homes that I read about in Gone with the Wind and saw in The Patriot. Of course, the Old South no longer exists. There are no slaves, no women
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