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Revolutionary War Living History Event

December 7, 2024

| 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Demonstrations & Reenactments | Abbeville County

305 North Main St
Abbeville, SC 29620

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Colonial Period Venues (These are Ongoing for Whole Day)

  • Colonial Women’s “Home Arts” Including Wool Spinning and Flax Production
  • Society’s Historic Cabins with Gen Andrew Pickens’ Historical Artifacts Displays & Stories with Historian Dr. Tim Drake, including Maj. John Bowie’s Arsenal’s History
  • Betsy Ross Making the American flag with Story Telling
  • Photo Ops with Tricor Hats & Muskets for Participants & Photos with Betsy Ross
  • Norris Sisters Singing Patriotic Revolutionary songs (At 11AM & 12PM only)
  • Militia Quill Writing, Native American Indian, Black Continental Soldier
  • Period Children’s and Adults’ Interactive Games
  • Revolutionary Period Medicines

 

11-12 PM: Southern Campaign 1780 Organization

  • Continental Army Enlistment, and why we are fighting
  • Musket Demonstration, Musket Issue and Drill
  • Cannon Firing Demonstration by S.C. Battleground Preservation Trust

 

1- 2 PM: Southern Campaign 1780 Organization

  • Continental Army Enlistment, and why we are fighting
  • Musket Demonstration, Musket Issue and Drill
  • Cannon Firing Demonstration by S.C. Battleground Preservation Trust

 

3-4PM: Southern Campaign 1780 Organization

  • Continental Army Enlistment, and why we are fighting
  • Musket Demonstration, Musket Issue and Drill
  • Cannon Firing Demonstration by S.C. Battleground Preservation Trust

 

ALSO: Franklin & Ann Pursley Railroad Caboose & Museum in Abbeville Co Historical Society’s McGowan- Barksdale-Bundy House 11AM-4PM

 

Smokey Grays BBQ Food Truck on will be on the premises for a charge. (11AM-4PM)