As one of America 250’s Signature Cities, SC250 Charleston will be hosting a variety of educational and family-friendly events. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to honor the American Revolution while exploring one of the most beautiful cities in the world!
Focused on the Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill (teacher’s choice!) students will be taken through an in-depth walkthrough of the battle. Students will discuss the decisions made on both sides and use primary sources to gain an understanding about what happened in the past and how critical decisions affected the outcome of the battle. suggested age […]
Bring your lunch and learn about an interesting topic! High Falls County Park Superintendent Liz Boles-Johnson will bring her flair of historic fashion to the museum! Liz will talk all about what people wore during the Colonial and Revolutionary War period in America. This program is FREE but donations are gladly accepted!
Join us every Wednesday throughout the months of April and May for a screening of The American Revolution: A Film by Ken Burns. Each week we will show 1 episode. Each episode lasts around 2 hours. FREE POPCORN & DRINKS! This event is Free but donations are gladly accepted.
*Part of “A Glorious Cause: South Carolina and the American Revolution: A Public History Initiative by the Georgetown County Library,” South Carolina Institute of Archaeology & Anthropology Research Professor Steven D. Smith will use recent archaeological findings to shed new light on how the community of Snow’s Island aided General Francis Marion, known as the […]
Join the Col. Robert Anderson chapter of the SC Society Sons of the American Revolution for an early evening movie at Regal Cinemas on Woodruff Rd in Greenville at 3:25pm. The movie, "A Great Awakening" focuses on the relationship between preacher George Whitfield and printer Benjamin Franklin during the pre-Revolutionary 1750's and 60's. We will […]
Join Historian and Battlefield Preservationist Durant Ashmore for a Lecture on The Fall of Savannah – One of the most pivotal events of the Revolutionary War. The beginning of the British Southern Campaign. Upcountry History Museum / 540 Buncombe Street / Greenville SC 29601 The Upcountry History Museum requires reservations. 85 capacity is usually a […]
Join us every Wednesday throughout the months of April and May for a screening of The American Revolution: A Film by Ken Burns. Each week we will show 1 episode. Each episode lasts around 2 hours. FREE POPCORN & DRINKS! This event is Free but donations are gladly accepted.
Join us in partnership with the South Carolina Historical Society as we approach our country’s 250th anniversary — we have explored many different angles of the Revolution – those specific to South Carolina, further narrowed to the Lowcountry, the thirteen colonies as a whole, and much, much more. But what of the Loyalists? Those who […]
Join Carl P. Borick, Director of The Charleston Museum and author of A Gallant Defense: The Siege of Charleston, 1780, as he leads a tour to some of the key points related to the Revolutionary War Siege of Charleston, the longest siege of the war and largest battle fought in South Carolina. The area to […]
Join Carl P. Borick, Director of The Charleston Museum and author of A Gallant Defense: The Siege of Charleston, 1780, as he leads a tour to some of the key points related to the Revolutionary War Siege of Charleston, the longest siege of the war and largest battle fought in South Carolina. The area to […]
An interactive lecture and program designed and presented by Dr. Tray Dunaway, retired general surgeon, Camden, SC, former chairman of Historic Camden and former Natural Resources Director for the Camden Battlefield and Longleaf Pine Preserve. Teaming up with Liberty Live and Southern Campaign 1780, his group will present Battle & Bones using archaeology, forensic science, […]
Conversations of Freedom: The American Revolution at Middleton Place is our signature exhibition commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Middleton Place was the birthplace and home of Arthur Middleton, one of 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. Conversations of Freedom explores Middleton’s role in the American Revolution and the war’s impact on […]