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| Old Ornate Gate, Saint Michael's Churchyard, Charleston, SC © Doug Hickok This is a detail of one of the most famous decorative wrought iron works in Charleston, Saint Michael's Churchyard gate. It was made in 1840 by a German born blacksmith, J. A. W. Iusti. Inside the gate are the tombs of John Rutledge and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, signers of the U.S. Constitution (1787). As you may know, the first 10 amendments of the Constitution are the Bill of Rights, which allow for, among other safeguards, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of religion, etc. It furthermore allows for the drinking of coffee on a leisurely Sunday morning while humming songs from Mary Poppins... "Supercalafragalisticexpealadocous" anyone? |