• High Tea Party and Tales

    Jasper County 250 presents Tea Party and Tales Saturday, October 18, 2025, noon till 2:00 Old House Plantation Site, 7792 Lowcountry Dr (Rt 462), Ridgeland, SC 29936. Come wearing your best Tea Party Hat Learn about Maroon communities in South Carolina with Robert E. Scarlett, Museum Historian and Board Member of Summerville Museum and Research

  • Lunch & Learn: Spain in the American Revolution

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

    France’s involvement in the American Revolution is well known to most who study history, but they were not the only European nation to lend aid to the American colonies in the 18th century.  Spain also played a role in the American Revolution and SAR member Hank Gonzales is bringing their contribution to light. How did

  • Celebrating John Laurens: A Founding Son

    Something revolutionary is coming to Daniel Island this fall! The Daniel Island Historical Society and the Berkeley County Francis Marion Commission, also known as Berkeley 250, will spotlight a key figure in the American Revolution on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, as the organizations present “Celebrating John Laurens: A Founding Son” at the Daniel Pointe Retirement

  • South Carolina: The Epicenter of the World War for American Independence

    Join us for a special presentation by Ken Scarlett, author of Victory Day – Winning American Independence: The Defeat of the British Southern Strategy. Ken will explore the crucial final 14 months after the Siege of Yorktown, when the struggle for independence continued in South Carolina.

  • Beaufort District In The American Revolution: The First Shots

    Speaker: Stephen Wise Some of the earliest incidents of armed resistance in the Revolutionary War, and the war on South Carolina, occurred in Beaufort District—an area that now includes Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton and parts of Allendale counties. This presentation focuses on the “first shots” and notable events in the district at the beginning of the

  • Thursday Talk: Colonial Navies

    USC professor, Benjamin C. Schaffer is coming the Rev War Visitor Center to talk about his latest book, “The First Fleets: Colonial Navies of the British Atlantic World, 1630-1775” Join us for an evening discussing how the colonies protected themselves without British help before they became their own nation. It is sure to be an