The Liberty Trail
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- wheelchair_accessible
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- wheelchair_accessible
- pet_friendly
- parking
- accessible_parking
- wheelchair_accessible
- restrooms
- wifi
- parking
- restrooms
- pet_friendly
- parking
- accessible_parking
- wheelchair_accessible
- restrooms
- wifi
- parking
- accessible_parking
- wheelchair_accessible
- parking
- restrooms
- wheelchair_accessible
- parking
- accessible_parking
- restrooms
- pet_friendly
- parking
- accessible_parking
- wheelchair_accessible
- restrooms
- parking
- accessible_parking
- wheelchair_accessible
- restrooms
- wifi
- parking
- accessible_parking
- wheelchair_accessible
- restrooms
- wifi
- parking
- wheelchair_accessible
- restrooms
- pet_friendly
- parking
- restrooms
- wheelchair_accessible
- parking
- accessible_parking
- restrooms
Explore the many guided tours of The Liberty Trail
This Day on the Liberty Trail
Uncovering History
We invite you to visit the preserved locations along the Liberty Trail and to immerse
yourself in the extraordinary events that determined the fate of a nation.
Family Friendly Adventures
Discover a part of our nation’s history at historic landmarks and events.
Liberty Trail History Makers
The Revolutionary War was a war unlike any other — one of ideas and ideals, that shaped “the course of human events. Explore the history and personalities from this pivotal time in American history.
Born in England in 1723 and trained as a physician in London, John Pyle brought his family to Alamance County, North Carolina, where he later emerged as a steadfast Loyalist colonel. In 1781, his misidentification of Patriot troops as British escorts led to the brutal clash known as Pyle’s Defeat, leaving him wounded and maimed—yet ultimately tending to the very Patriot soldiers who had struck down his force.
John Glover, a skilled fisherman and merchant from Marblehead, Massachusetts, played a crucial role in the American Revolution as the commander of the 14th Continental Regiment, known for their amphibious expertise, notably evacuating Washington's army at Long Island and famously crossing the Delaware River to Trenton.
Colonel Henry Rugeley was a prominent South Carolina Tory who earned a commission in the British army after the siege of Charleston in 1780.
Despite the prominent role Cornwallis played in the Revolution, Henry Clinton was blamed for the loss of the American colonies following the surrender at Yorktown.
