. >> abner doubleday, who has long been credited as the inventor of baseball, was stationed here in 1861. he was part of -- one of the 85 men who participated in the first bombardment. however, historians do not have any evidence that baseball was ever play inside of the fort. what is suspicious is that fort sumter is 5-sided. it's shaped like home plate is in baseball, and there have always been kind of rumors or legends that home plate was designed after fort sumter's shape. >> sounds pretty convincing to me. here's another bit of trivia. after the north recaptured fort sumter, major anderson returned. he was given the honor of once again raising the flag over the fort. the flag he used was the same one he had been forced to lower when he surrendered the fort four years earlier. >> we'll see you next time on "teen kids news." thanks for watching. have a great week. >> here's a shout-out to pr newswire for including "teen kids news" on their big screen in times square, by sea world and busch gardens. the world we share. you'll laugh with the animals, maybe even help protect them. (music