The Secret (a treasure hunt)

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Link to Verse 5

Lane Two twenty two
You'll see an arc of lights
Weight and roots extended Together saved the site	Wikipedia, on Fort Moultrie: "The fort was unnamed and not yet complete when Admiral Sir Peter Parker and nine British warships attacked it on June 28, 1776, near the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Legend has it that the soft palmetto logs did not crack under bombardment but rather absorbed the shot; in any case, Charleston was saved from capture, and the fort was named for the commander in the battle, William Moultrie."
Of granite walls Wind swept halls	Wikipedia, on Fort Sumter: "Seventy thousand tons of granite were imported from New England to build up a sand bar in the entrance to Charleston harbor, which the site dominates."
Citadel in the night
A wingless bird ascended
Born of ancient dreams of flight
Beneath the only standing member
Of a forest
To the south
White stone closest
At twelve paces
From the west side
Get permission To dig out.