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  • South Carolina's 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution Speaker Series poster.

    Speaker Series

    The Cherokee County Museum Cherokee County Museum, gaffney, SC, United States

    Cherokee Historical & Preservation Society will be hosting speakers lecturing on topics related to the American Revolution. The speakers include Rick Wise (Revolutionary War 101), Kathryn Smith (George Washington's 1791 […]

    Free
  • Historical fashion exhibit from the 1800s at South Carolina's 250th anniversary event.

    Learn to Make History: The 1700s

    Sumter County Gallery of Art 200 Hasel Street, Sumter, SC, United States

    A three-week historical sewing course that combines fashion, history, museum studies, and practical garment construction. Create your very own colonial petticoat and short gown in this hands-on historical course. Men will also have the option to sew their own cravat, undershirt, and long vest. Enjoy special guests like Mackenzie Sholtz, owner of Fig Leaf Patterns, […]

    $50 – $60

  • King’s Mountain

    Greenville Libarary 25 Heritage Green Pl., Greenville, South Carolina, United States

    Join Historian and Battlefield Preservationist Durant Ashmore for a Lecture on King's Mountain - The South Carolina and North Carolina militias and Overmountain Men overwhelm neighboring loyalist militias and Patrick Ferguson’s Provincials. Hughes Main Library 25 Heritage Green Place / Greenville SC 29601 https://www.greenvillelibrary.org/locations/main Sponsored by the Robert Anderson Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution […]

  • Signing of the Declaration of Independence in a historic room.

    Revolutionary War Review Homeschool Friday – The Beginnings of the Revolution

    Anderson County Museum 202 East Greenville Street, Anderson, SC, United States

    August 21 – The Beginnings of the Revolution We will be discussing the beginnings of the Revolution. What events led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence? How did these events affect South Carolinians? What factions were forming amongst the people? The answers to these questions will be our focus for this Homeschool Friday. […]

    Free

  • Colonization and the Great Wagon Road

    Chester County Main Library 100 Center Street, Chester, SC, United States

    Colonization and the Great Wagon Road is the title of the first lecture Professor Eddie Lee will be hosting at the Chester County Main Library. If you would like to learn more about South Carolina history and Chester County, please join us on Saturday, August 22nd at 10:30 am.

    Free
  • Man in kilt standing between historic gravestones outside church.

    South Carolina’s Irish Patriots of the American Revolution

    Anderson County Museum 202 East Greenville Street, Anderson, SC, United States

    Tom Elmore, a speaker with the South Carolina Humanities Speaker's Bureau, will be at the Anderson County Museum to talk about the Irish Patriots of the Revolutionary War in South Carolina. "The story of the Irish in the American Revolution has not gotten its proper due. Of the 29 men who represented SC in the […]

    Free

  • Divided Loyalty – Herb Frazier & Joe McGill Jr.

    Charleston Library Society 164 King Street, Charleston, SC, United States

    Historic preservationist Joseph McGill Jr. and journalist Herb Frazier, renowned in Charleston for their incredible insights and documentation of various areas of our history have newly compiled stories of Native Americans and free and enslaved people of African descent during the Revolutionary War in South Carolina in a special report, “Native Americans, Black Patriots and […]

    Free – $15

  • “Forging Democracy: The 1776 SC Constitution and its Enduring Impact”

    University of South Carolina School of Law Gervais St, Columbia, SC, United States

    The Center for American Civic Leadership and Public Discourse is pleased to present “Forging Democracy: The 1776 South Carolina Constitution and its Enduring Impact,” a special event commemorating the 250th anniversary of the 1776 South Carolina Constitution and its lasting impact on the development of representative government, constitutional law, and civic life in South Carolina […]

    Free
  • Book cover of 'A Perfect Frenzy' by Andrew Lawler with historical imagery.

    Lunch & Learn: “A Perfect Frenzy” – A Talk with Author Andrew Lawler

    Revolutionary War Visitor Center 212 Broad Street, Camden, SC, United States

    What if the road to American Independence didn’t begin in Boston- but in Virginia? Join bestselling author Andrew Lawler as he explores the dramatic events of 1775-1776 that challenged long-held […]

    Free

  • Art and the American Revolution

    The Cherokee County Museum Cherokee County Museum, gaffney, SC, United States

    In this program, participants will examine the ways that artists depicted the American Revolution both while it was happening and after independence was won. We will consider the images that were available to newly minted Americans so that they could envision the war and its heroes. We will end by looking at the ways the […]

    FREE
  • South Carolina's 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution at Summer Speaker Series.

    Summer Speaker Series

    Allison Creek Park 2499 Viesta Road, York, SC, United States

    Summer Speaker Series: William Hill and Hill’s Ironworks Presented by Zach Lemhouse We invite you to join us for an evening in our Summer Speaker Series as Zach Lemhouse explores the life and legacy of William Hill and the important role Hill’s Ironworks played in our region’s early history. This event will be held at […]

    Free