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!
For ages 5+. Join Storyteller Tim Lowry for songs and stories enjoyed by children in 1776. Kids can try colonial toys, write with quill pens, play tavern games and even step a country dance! Thursday, March 26 at the Edisto Island Library (1589 Hwy 174, Edisto Island, SC 29438) Saturday, June 20 at the Wando […]
For ages 10+. Stories shared in parlors and around hearth fires on the eve of the American Revolution. Featuring folk songs, customs, Gullah language and the dramatic Battle of Fort Sullivan with Storyteller Tim Lowry. Friday, March 27, at the Mount Pleasant Library (1133 Mathis Ferry Road, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464) Saturday, March 28, at […]
Learn about the Francis Marion Papers, the original documents of General Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion. Registration is required for this event and opens March 16. Please call 864-850-7077 or see a staff member to reserve your place.
Live performance by Rebecca Brewton Mott and the fox
Event is Newberry College's premier 250 event celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Commemoration includes color guard ceremonial posting and retiring of the US and SC flags, Student singing the National Anthem, presentations by a variety of college faculty and elected officials, reading of the Declaration of Independence and Gettysburg Address by selected […]
“Resilience & Revolution: Native Peoples in 18th Century South Carolina” is a traveling exhibit from the South Carolina State Museum that will be on public display at the Georgetown Library during regular operating hours (Monday-Friday: 9:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. / Saturday: 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.) in April and May 2026 as part of "A Glorious Cause: South […]
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 […]
*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 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 […]