• FRANCIS MARION EXTRAVAGANZA

    A two night trip. Thursday Evening 9/11-Saturday 9/13. Staying at the Inn at the Crossroads, Lake City, SC. Tearcoat Swamp, Fort Watson, Eutaw Springs, Francis Marion grave site, Kingstree Lower Bridge, Witherspoon Ferry, Black Mingo, Georgetown Museum Francis Marion Interpretive Center. Tour Cost $150 (covers tour only) Contact Durant Ashmore directly for further details https://www.facebook.com/durant.ashmore

  • 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

  • First SC Flag Raising

    221 Fort Johnson Road Charleston, SC 29412 221 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC, United States

    Bring the family out for some history and fun as we commemorate the raising of the first South Carolina Flag. This flag, designed by Gen. William Moultrie, was hoisted at Ft. Johnson in September 1775 in the leadup to Revolution. Moultrie later stated, "I had a large blue flag made with a crescent in the

  • Voices of the Revolution Day

    Join us for a day of activities recognizing Abbeville County's role in the American Revolution! We'll be launching the Voices of the Revolution Exhibit at the Welcome Center, a permanent display that will feature untold stories of men, women, and children from all backgrounds--Patriot, Loyalist, African American, and Indigenous--who experienced the war in different ways.

  • By the Sweat of Our Brows

    In recognition of those enslaved and freed people who worked and lived at the Bratton plantation, descendants gather to tell their stories and honor their legacies. This year, we are focusing on recreation and resistance of free and enslaved persons during the 18th and 19th centuries. On-going Activities: โ€ข Meet descendants, both Black and white,

  • Camden…The Road to Revolution

    Lunch and Learn program: Come hear Rhett Adams, Kershaw County 250 committee member, speak on Camden's history from 1774-1775. Topics will include the Camden District Resolves, Carolina Day, the Snow Campaign, William Henry Drayton, and more! You bring your lunch and we'll provide the learning!

  • Lunch & Learn: Art & the American Revolution

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

    How did artists depict the American Revolution while it was happening and shortly after independence was won? What visual knowledge was available to newly minted Americans about the war and its heroes? How was the war remembered fifty and seventy-five years later, as the nation headed towards Civil War? You bring your lunch and we

  • Feuds, Freedoms, Founders

    "Sit Down, John!" and Stand Up for History: Feuds, Freedoms, and Founders -- A screening of "1776" at the Uptown Market ๐Ÿ“… Monday, September 16th | 7:30 PM ๐Ÿ“ Uptown

  • The Winds of Revolution โ€“ Bishop Gadsden House Concert

    https://www.chambermusiccharleston.org/event/the-winds-of-revolution-bishop-gadsden-house-concert/ TRADITIONAL Suite of US Revolutionary War Era Marches DEVIENNE Trio in Bb, Op. 61, No. 5 BEETHOVEN Wind Quartet in C Major, Op. 87 Regina Helcher Yost, flute l