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  • Celebrating 250 Years of the American Dream Art Exhibit

    What does the American Dream mean to you? The Arts & Heritage Center invites all artists to express your interpretation of that idea through your chosen medium for a special

  • The Sound of Charleston: America 250 Edition

    In this 250th anniversary year of the American Revolution and our country’s birth, we invite you to come listen to the music that has been so much a part of

  • Revolutionary Sunday: Heyward-Washington House

    Tour the town home of Thomas Heyward, Jr., one of South Carolina’s Signers of the Declaration! Hear about the Revolutionary history of the property and those who lived there. In

  • SC250 Executive Committee Virtual Meeting

    The Executive Committee of the SC American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission meets virtually on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. These meetings are open to the public. Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89271717809?pwd=Fg7Wx6bDwfvRez70dD55FcsHkjNNzg.1 Meeting ID: 892 7171 7809 Passcode: 560098 Phone Number: Dial by your location +1 305 224 1968 Contact info@southcarolina250.com for any additional information. Agenda: 2025.06.10 Ex Comm

  • The Bloody Summer of 1780

    Join Historian and Battlefield Preservationist Durant Ashmore for a Lecture on The Bloody Summer of 1780 - The Patriot resistance slowly emerges. Thomas Sumter and Francis Marion take to the field. Laurens County Museum / 116 S. Public Square / Laurens SC 29360 Facebook Live - https://www.facebook.com/laurensmuseum/ The Laurens County Museum lectures are shown on

  • Tim Lowry, Award-winning Storyteller, “Food, Fashion, & Frivolity: Inside a Revolutionary Parlor” (“A Glorious Cause” series)

    *Part of "A Glorious Cause: South Carolina and the American Revolution: A Public History Initiative of the Georgetown County Library," national award-winning storyteller Tim Lowry invites attendees into a typical colonial parlor to enjoy games and dances popular during the period. Lowry will also share inspiring stories of Patriot resistance in the South Carolina Lowcountry

  • Zachary Lemhouse, Historian/Violinist, “Songs of the American Revolution: A Historical Presentation & Performance” (“A Glorious Cause” series)

    *Part of "A Glorious Cause: South Carolina and the American Revolution: A Public History Initiative by the Georgetown County Library," historian Zachary Lemhouse will explain significance of popular Revolutionary songs while also plucking out several tunes for attendees with his trusty bow and fiddle, so be ready to clap your hands and stomp your feet

  • Textiles of the Revolution Gallery Talk with Curator of Historic Textiles Virginia Theerman

    Join Curator of Historic Textiles Virginia Theerman in the Historic Textiles Gallery on March 12, 2026 for a special gallery talk. While discussing textiles and Museum collection pieces from the Revolutionary War era, Theerman will also tell the stories behind garments now view in the Historic Textiles Gallery as a part of current exhibition, Ringleaders

  • 259th Birthday of President Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson State Park will host a special event on Saturday, March 14, 2026, to celebrate the 259th birthday of the seventh President of the United States. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and offers visitors a chance to experience life in the Carolina Backcountry as it was during Jackson’s youth.

  • Genealogy Workshop: Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestors

    Genealogy Workshop: Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestors Saturday, March 14, 2025, 10:00 - 4:30 Headquarters Library — Barrett Room Registration required. As the nation begins to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, we also reflect on the individuals who contributed to the cause.  Join us as staff genealogists from the National Society Daughters

  • Colonial Indigo Dyeing in the Stableyards

    In this drop-in style program, we will discuss the indigo plant, the labor it took to grow, harvest, and process it, as well as the importance of indigo and what it was used for. Guests will dye a square of fabric to take home with them. Free with General Admission.

  • Revolutionary Days 2026

    The Allendale County 250 Committee is thrilled to announce the return of Revolutionary Days — a week-long celebration of South Carolina’s Revolutionary War history. The centerpiece of this year’s event is the powerful traveling exhibit from the South Carolina State Museum: Resilience & Revolution: Native Peoples in 18th Century South Carolina This thought-provoking exhibit highlights

  • Actors Theater of SC

    Actors Theater of SC at Nexton Del Webb of SC’s Live Performance of Rebecca Brewton Mott picking up where Emily Geiger’s Wild Ride and Rebecca’s Revolution left off. Residents only.

  • South Carolina’s Irish Patriots of the American Revolution

    Tom Elmore is celebrating this St. Patrick’s Day by honoring the Irish-Americans who fought during the American Revolution. Eleven percent of the veterans who applied for pensions after the war were Irish. Twenty-nine Irish men represented SC throughout the Continental Congresses. Two signers of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were Irish. Bring

  • Revolutionary Reads: Rough Crossings

    Join us in celebrating America's 250th Birthday attending Revolutionary Reads! March's selection is "Rough Crossings" by Simon Schama. We will meet at Oconee History Museum to discuss the book and to talk about the history relating to the American Revolution. Readers are responsible for acquiring their own books. It will truly be a revolutionary time!

  • Burned Churches in the American Revolution

    Join us for an engaging evening of history as Bill Segars explores how churches became targets during the American Revolution—and why their destruction mattered far beyond the battlefield. These churches were more than places of worship. They were centers of Patriot activity, community gathering spaces, and symbols of shared identity. Their burning was meant to

  • Sara A. Rich, Maritime Archaeologist/Rhode Island School of Design, “A Revolutionary War Shipwreck in the Cooper River” (“A Glorious Cause” series)

    *Part of "A Glorious Cause: South Carolina and the American Revolution: A Public History Initiative by the Georgetown County Library," Dr. Sara A. Rich, a prolific author and maritime archaeologist at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), will delve into the remains of a Revolutionary War shipwreck buried for centuries beneath the murky waters

  • Lunchbox Learning: Greenville Symphony Composes Story of “Dicey Langston”

    History meets music at this Lunchbox Learning talk spotlighting the Greenville Symphony’s new composition inspired by Revolutionary War heroine Dicey Langston. Go inside the creative process: how commissions begin, how a composer develops themes and structure, and how musicians, historians, and community partners help bring a brand-new work to life. The program also revisits Dicey’s

  • Under the Crown

    It is 1780 and the colonies are in rebellion. Charleston is under siege and may have already fallen. The rebel forces were defeated at Savannah last year in 1779. Things are not going well for the American cause but the rebels are not done yet! This event focuses on the time when the British were

  • “Liberty and Legacy: The Marion Papers”

    Rick Wise, Executive Director and CEO of the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust, will be discussing his work in editing the Marion Papers and the impact on our understanding of the American Revolution and Marion himself.

  • Voices of the Revolution Speaker Series: The Battle of Dunlap’s Defeat

    The Abbeville County Chamber is excited to host a speaker series in 2026 in recognition of the 250th. The series will focus on Abbeville County's role in the Revolutionary War, highlighting the people, places, and perspectives that shaped the conflict in this backcountry district. On March 23rd, the anniversary of the Battle of Dunlap's Defeat,

  • Equine Themed Music

    Music by the AAA Home School Band and the South Aiken Baptist Christian School Band will feature music that emphasizes the importance of horses in the development and history of Aiken. The band will be performing pieces like "Hoofbeat", "Stallion", "Classic 60's Westerns", "All the Pretty Little Horses Lullaby" and "Horse and Buggy Ride"

  • Christopher Judge, Native American Studies Center/USC Lancaster, “Native Life in Revolutionary South Carolina” (“A Glorious Cause” series)

    *Part of "A Glorious Cause: South Carolina and the American Revolution: A Public History Initiative by the Georgetown County Library," archaeologist Christopher Judge, who serves as Associate Director for USC Lancaster’s Native American Studies Center, will share his wealth of expertise on what Native American life and culture looked like in South Carolina during the