• Surveying and Mapping in the Revolution

    Tuesday, August 26 7 pm Lancaster County Historical Courthouse 104 North Main St, Lancaster Join us! as living history portrayer Dale Loberger presents a program on surveying and mapping in the American Revolution The program is part of the Lancaster 250*h American Revolution Anniversary Committee's "Engagement Series" and paid for by a grant from the

  • DAR/SC250: Family Day at the Rev War Visitor Center

    Hobkirk Hill DAR, thanks to a grant from SC250, invites you to come out to the Revolutionary War Visitor Center and experience an educational program about the Catawba and other first people of South Carolina. Presented by the Rev War Visitor Center's own Programming Specialist, Brittney Evans. Bring the family for some fun and learning!

  • Homeschool Day: Colonial Living into the American Revolution

    Revolutionary War Visitors Center 212 Broad St, Camden, SC, United States

    Once a month, the Rev War Center offers a free homeschool day where small school groups can come together and experience one of the educational programs offered by the Center. A minimum of ten students will be needed to host these educational programs, if the minimum is not met then parents will be notified a

  • Family Fun Day – The Camden Resolves

    Join us as we discuss the Camden District Resolves. You'll learn more about the people of Camden and what they believed about the reasons for defiance leading up to the Revolutionary War in South Carolina. The History Man, Eric Barnes, will use games and activities to explain why Camden District inhabitants issued a "mini" cry

  • Patriots Held on a Prison Ship in Charleston Harbor

    Patriots from Lancaster County were imprisoned by the British on these ships Women from the Waxhaws risked their lives to provide aid and comfort for the prisoners Some of these men did not survive the horrific conditions of these ships.

  • Preserving Historic Cemeteries Workshop

    Thursday, September 18, 2025 Our 4th annual Preserving Historic Cemeteries Workshop provides attendees with information on technical, legal, and firsthand perspectives that contribute to successful preservation projects. Speakers will offer a variety of first hand research and preservation experiences. See the workshop flier for the complete program and click the link below to register for

  • Tea and Torture

    Speaker: Lee Wilwerding The Boston Tea Party wasn’t the first protest against British policies—and it wasn’t the only one. Cities like Charleston, Philadelphia, Annapolis, and Edenton, North Carolina, all staged dramatic acts of resistance. Edenton’s may have been the smallest, but it caused a stir in Britain because it was organized by women. This talk

  • Find the Loyalist Spy Among You Murder Mystery Dinner

    Trump through the swamps as Marion County founders, dine on period appropriate foods, and solve the mystery of the Loyalist Spy that leads the Tories to Patriot houses to burn. Each dinner centers around three different battles that happened in Marion County.

  • The American Revolution in South Carolina

    This presentation will review the origins of South Carolina’s break with England, its key leaders on both the Patriot and Loyalist sides, and how the events transpired to the fall of Charleston in May 1780. This topic can be refocused on single campaign and battles in the state, such as the Battle of Camden and

  • Homeschool Day: Becoming a State

    Revolutionary War Visitors Center 212 Broad St, Camden, SC, United States

    Once a month, the Rev War Center offers a free homeschool day where small school groups can come together and experience one of the educational programs offered by the Center. A minimum of ten students will be needed to host these educational programs, if the minimum is not met then parents will be notified a