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The Battle of Bennington, a National Guard Heritage Painting by Don Troiani
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Andrew Jackson State Park
State/County Park
Andrew Jackson State Park
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
  • pet_friendly
Historic Site | Museum
Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center
  • parking
  • restrooms
Battlefield | Historic Site
Biggin Church
  • pet_friendly
Photograph of a battlefield with a stone marker in the foreground.
Battlefield
Blackstock's Plantation
  • restrooms
  • pet_friendly
Boone Plantation House
Historic Site | Gardens & Grounds
Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens
  • parking
  • restrooms
Battlefield
Breach Inlet at Sullivan's Island
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • pet_friendly
Burch's Mill by Dale Watson
Historic Site |
Burch's Mill
  • parking
  • accessible_parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • pet_friendly
Image of a split rail fence along the side of a road with a historical marker sign reading Battle of Camden
Battlefield |
Camden Battlefield
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • pet_friendly
Jane Thomas Black Cedar Springs Tour Stop
Historic Site | Battlefield
Cedar Springs
  • parking
  • accessible_parking
  • pet_friendly
1828 Lowcountry cottage and grounds
Historic Site | Historic House
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
  • restrooms
  • wheelchair_accessible
Cherokee County Museum
Historic Site | Museum
Cherokee County Museum
  • parking
  • accessible_parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
  • wifi
British re-enactors marching in front of the Kershwaw-Cornwallis house in Historic Camden
Battlefield | Historic Site
Colonial Camden
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
Battle of Coosawhatchie, Commissioned by The South Carolina Historical Society
Battlefield
Coosawhatchie & Tulifinny Hill
  • parking
  • pet_friendly
Patriot re-enactors show school age children how to fire a canon
Battlefield | National Park
Cowpens National Battlefield
  • parking
  • restrooms
  • wheelchair_accessible
Historic Site | Historic House
Drayton Hall
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
Battlefield
Eutaw Springs
A green woodgrain pattern
Event | -
Eutaw Springs Battlefield Tour
Dorchester
Battlefield | State/County Park
Fort Dorchester
  • parking
  • restrooms
  • pet_friendly
Battlefield | Historic Site
Fort Fair Lawn
  • parking
  • accessible_parking
  • restrooms
  • pet_friendly
Fort Johnson (Dale Watson)
Historic Site | Fort/Outpost
Fort Johnson
  • parking
  • accessible_parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • pet_friendly
Image of the Visitor Center at Fort Moultrie
Battlefield | National Park
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
  • wifi
  • parking
  • restrooms
  • wheelchair_accessible
Fort Thicketty
Battlefield | Fort/Outpost
Fort Thicketty
  • parking
  • accessible_parking
  • pet_friendly
Shape of the state of South Carolina with red dot showing the location of Fort Watson
State/County Park | Fort/Outpost
Fort Watson
  • parking
  • pet_friendly
Image of Cypress trees in a swamp
National Park | Historic Site
Francis Marion National Forest
  • parking
  • restrooms
  • pet_friendly
Image of Francis Marion grave site on Belle Island Plantation Cemetery
Historic Site
Francis Marion Tomb at Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery
Image of an in ground tombstone with black and gold fencing surrounding
Historic Site
General Moultrie's Grave
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
Image of a swampy lake surrounded by trees at sunset
State/County Park
Goodale State Park
  • parking
  • restrooms
  • pet_friendly
James Williams Grave
Historic Site
Grave of Col. James WIlliams
  • parking
  • accessible_parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • pet_friendly
Image of a swamp with reeds in the foreground
Battlefield | State/County Park
Great Savannah
  • parking
Image of a swampy area in a forest
Battlefield
Halfway Swamp
Image of the front of a large white house surrounded by trees
State/County Park | Historic House
Hampton Plantation State Historic Site
  • parking
  • restrooms
  • pet_friendly
Image of a large overhanging rock with a forest in the background
Battlefield
Hanging Rock
  • parking
Image of the interior living room of the Hanover House
Historic Site | Historic House
Hanover House
  • parking
  • accessible_parking
  • restrooms
Historic Site | Historic House
Heyward-Washington House
  • accessible_parking
  • restrooms
A photo of a large white colonial era three story house with columns
Historic Site | Historic House
Historic Brattonsville
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
The 2nd Virginia regiment charges the British at Hobkirk Hill
Battlefield |
Hobkirk Hill
  • parking
  • pet_friendly
Pickens Home on Hopewell Plantation
Historic Site | Historic House
Hopewell Plantation & Treaty Site
  • parking
  • restrooms
Historic Site | Historic House
Hopsewee Plantation
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
Image of a historical marker sign denoting Huck's Defeat
Battlefield
Huck's Defeat
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
  • wifi
Historic Site | Historic House
Kershaw-Cornwallis House
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
Image of the entrance sign to Kings Mountain National Military Park
Battlefield | National Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park
  • parking
  • restrooms
  • wheelchair_accessible
a photo of the entrance sign to Kings Mountain State Park
State/County Park | Battlefield
Kings Mountain State Park
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
  • pet_friendly
  • wifi
Image of white spider lilies growing on the rocky shoals of Catawba River
State/County Park
Landsford Canal State Park
Limestone Springs Memorial
Historic Site
Limestone Springs Memorial
  • parking
  • accessible_parking
  • pet_friendly
Lynches Creek Massacre by Dale Watson
Historic Site |
Lynches Creek Massacre
Image of a peacock sitting on a tree branch in front of a stately home
Historic Site | Gardens & Grounds
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
  • parking
  • accessible_parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
State/County Park | Historic Site
Marion Square
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • pet_friendly
Salvador Memorial
Historic Site
Memorial of Francis Salvador
Image of a tree lined pond in sunshine
Historic Site | Gardens & Grounds
Mepkin
  • parking
  • accessible_parking
  • restrooms
aerial view of Middleton Place
Historic Site | Gardens & Grounds
Middleton Place
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
Historic Site | Historic House
Miles-Brewton House
Image of tourists learning to fire a canon from costumed re-enactors
Battlefield | Historic Site
Moncks Corner
An image of Musgrove Mill Battlefield
Battlefield | State/County Park
Musgrove Mill State Historic Site
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
  • pet_friendly
Image of a cannon and the Star Fort at Ninety Six Battlefield
Battlefield | National Park
Ninety Six National Historic Site
  • parking
  • restrooms
  • wheelchair_accessible
Historic Site
Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
boardwalk path through marshy park
Historic Site
Old Santee Canal Park
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
  • pet_friendly
Image of a brown brick building, brown shutters and a brown roof
Historic Site |
Old Stone Church
  • parking
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
National Park | Historic Site
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
  • parking
  • restrooms
  • wheelchair_accessible
Image of a muddy swamp surrounding by a forest
Battlefield
Ox Swamp
Francis Marion ordering the construction of defenses at Port's Ferry by Dale Watson
Battlefield
Port's Ferry
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • pet_friendly
Rugeley's Mill by Dale Watson
Battlefield
Rugeley's Mill
image of two women kayaking in swampy water surrounded by trees
State/County Park
Santee State Park
  • parking
  • restrooms
  • pet_friendly
  • wifi
Battlefield | Historic Site
Siege of Charleston
Francis Marion on Snow's Island by Dale Watson
State/County Park |
Snow's Island
South Carolina Historical Society Museum
Historic Site | Museum
South Carolina Historical Society Museum
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
Image of a historical marker denoting the Battle of Stono Ferry
Battlefield
Stono Ferry
Black sign on a white brick wall with the title of Battle of Tearcoat
Battlefield
Tearcoat Swamp
Historic Site
The Powder Magazine
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
Event | -
Traveling Exhibition at the A.K. Smily Public Library
Event | -
Traveling Exhibition at the Beaumont Library District
Event | -
Traveling Exhibition at the Butte-Silver Bow County Courthouse
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Traveling Exhibition at the Cabell County Public Library
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Traveling Exhibition at the Chagrin Falls Library
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Traveling Exhibition at the Cuyahoga Falls Library
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Traveling Exhibition at the Highlands DO!zeum
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Traveling Exhibition at the Iowa State Fair – East Market Place
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Traveling Exhibition at the Jackson County Historical Society, Pearson Center Hall
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Traveling Exhibition at the Kanawha County Public Library
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Traveling Exhibition at the Laurens County Museum
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Traveling Exhibition at the Mansfield/Richland County Library Main Branch
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Traveling Exhibition at the MAPS Air Museum
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Traveling Exhibition at the Marion Public Library
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Traveling Exhibition at the Marion Public Library
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Traveling Exhibition at the Montana State Capitol Rotunda
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Traveling Exhibition at the Montana State University Billings Library
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Traveling Exhibition at the Nicholas County Historical Society
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Traveling Exhibition at the North Ridgeville Branch Library
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Traveling Exhibition at the North Smithfield Heritage Association
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Traveling Exhibition at the Portsmouth Historical Society
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Traveling Exhibition at the Scott County Public Library
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Traveling Exhibition at the Spencer Armory
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Traveling Exhibition at the Starcher Mansion
Event | -
Traveling Exhibition at the Vinton Train Depot
image of bridge over a river with trees and blue sky in the background
Battlefield
Wadboo Bridge
  • pet_friendly
Image of a large colonial house partially hidden by pine trees
Historic Site | Historic House
Walnut Grove Plantation
  • parking
Image of the entrance memorial sign and flags denoting Buford Massacre 1780
Battlefield
Waxhaws
  • parking
  • pet_friendly
State/County Park | Historic Site
White Point Garden
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • pet_friendly
Equestrian statue of Francis Marion at Witherspoon's Ferry/Odell Venter Landing
Battlefield
Witherspoon's Ferry
  • parking
  • accessible_parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • pet_friendly
Wyboo Swamp Mural
Battlefield
Wyboo Swamp
Tours Along The Trail

Explore the many guided tours of The Liberty Trail

Image of painting by Don Troiani depicting the Battle of Cowpens
South Carolina
Tour
Cowpens
Gaffney, SC
Battle of Quebec by Charles William Jeffreys
Massachusetts
Tour
Benedict Arnold's Expedition
Cambridge, MA
Moores Creek Bridge Battle Depiction
North Carolina
Tour
Moores Creek Bridge
Currie, NC

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This Day on the Liberty Trail

Aug. 1, 1776
South Carolina
Portrait of Francis Salvador
Francis Salvador, the first Jewish man to die in the Revolution, is killed in an ambush along the Keowee River
Aug. 6, 1780
South Carolina
Sumter's Withdrawal from Hanging Rock by Dale Watson
Patriot militia under Thomas Sumter defeat a British force and withdraw from the field
Aug. 11, 1817
South Carolina
Brigadier General Andrew Pickens
Andrew Pickens, famed militia leader and treaty negotiator, dies at 77
Aug. 12, 1776
South Carolina
Photograph of Oconee Station
Andrew Pickens wards off a force of 185 Cherokee soldiers with 25 militiamen, commencing the Ring Fight
Aug. 16, 1780
South Carolina
An illustration of the Battle of Camden / Hobkirk Hill
Continentals and militia under Horatio Gates are disastrously defeated by the British in the pine woods of Camden
Aug. 17, 1780
South Carolina
Equestrian statue of Francis Marion at Witherspoon's Ferry/Odell Venter Landing
Francis Marion assumes command of militia forces in the Pee Dee region
Aug. 19, 1780
South Carolina
Painted portrait of General Johann de Kalb
Baron Johann de Kalb, Major-General of the Continental Army, dies of his wounds following the infamous Battle of Camden
Aug. 20, 1780
South Carolina
Great Savannah by Dale Watson
Francis Marion leads a guerilla assault at Great Savannah that frees close to 100 Continentals captured at Camden
Aug. 27, 1782
South Carolina
a portrait of John Laurens
John Laurens, one of the most promising founding fathers, is KIA at 27 as one of the last casualties of the Rev War
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The Liberty Trail Storytellers
Exploring the history and stories of the American Revolution.
Bronze and granite monument of General Nathanael Greene on horseback
The Blog
Divide and Conquer
Head Tilting History 30 Revolutionary Scots Cover Image
The Blog
From Culloden to the Colonies: Revolutionary Scots
Darley Newman at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, N.C.
The Blog
Time Traveler
Videos Along the Liberty Trail
Exploring the history and stories of the American Revolution.
Cornwallis: A Great British General Cover Image
Video/Audio
Cornwallis: A Great British General
A still from Charles Lee: Washington's Most Arrogant General
Video/Audio
Charles Lee: Washington's Most Arrogant General
Looking for Lushington Miniature Portrait
Video/Audio
Looking for Lushington

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.

A modern-day photo fo Camden Battlefield
Battlefields

Discover the historic fields, farms, and forests across The Liberty Trail where pivotal battles were fought and the foundations of our nation were forged.
Revolutionary War reenactment showing three riders on horses
Events

Discover all The Liberty Trail has to offer through local festivals, re-enactments and community events.
Kershaw House. Two stories of white siding levels with large porches on a brick foundation
Historic Sites

Journey through The Liberty Trail’s rich historical sites to uncover their pivotal roles in securing America’s independence.
Minute Man National Battlefield Park
Tours

Discover The Liberty Trail through immersive guided tours—right at your fingertips.
Trail view from Old Santee Canal Park
State Parks

Discover The Liberty Trail’s diverse parks and forests, where both Loyalists and Patriots once ventured.
Six individuals kayaking
Outdoor Activities

Whether you hike, bike, boat, fish or golf, find all your favorite outdoor fun. 

Family Friendly Adventures

Discover a part of our nation’s history at historic landmarks and events.

image of a river running through a forest with the words "Discover South Carolina's Revolutionary Rivers"
Revolutionary Rivers Trail
Kayaking & Canoeing

The South Carolina Revolutionary Rivers Trail follows the stomping grounds of Revolutionary War hero General Francis Marion. The 66-mile trail offers paddlers a unique experience of floating through swampland that was once traversed by Patriots engaged in guerrilla warfare against the Loyalists.
a little girl running through a field with a toy musket
Kids' Visit to Cowpens National Battlefield
Battlefield | National Park

Cowpens is the site of the battle that turned the tide for the patriots and George Washington's Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. A perfect place to take kids for a little history lesson.
image of a park ranger with children
Be A Junior Ranger!
National Park | living history site

Explore, Learn, and Protect at the Junior Ranger program at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, available to visitors of all ages! Use this program to uniquely explore and learn about your national parks, and how you can help protect them today and into the future.

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.
Brigadier General Andrew Pickens
Biography
Andrew Pickens

A highly influential militia general from the Upcountry of South Carolina, Pickens waged successful campaigns against Loyalists and their Cherokee allies throughout the state.

a portrait of Daniel Morgan in uniform
Biography
Daniel Morgan

Morgan’s main adversary was British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. Tarleton and Morgan’s forces faced each other at Cowpens in South Carolina on January 17, 1781. Morgan emerged victorious and secured his reputation as a skilled military tactician.

Painting of Banastre Tarleton
Biography
Banastre Tarleton

Tarleton, active in the Southern Campaign, came to be known as the ‘butcher’ after Continental soldiers accused his dragoons of disregarding a Patriot surrender by attacking the Americans after they laid down their arms at the Battle of Waxhaws.

What's New On The Liberty Trail
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News
Ninety Six National Historic Site Announces Reopening of Museum Featuring New Exhibits
Liberty Trail Default Image (2025)
News
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park to Commemorate First Shot of the Civil War
Liberty Trail Default Image (2025)
News
Wildland Fire Crews Conducting Prescribed Burns
Living historians protraying British soldiers rest under a shelter
News
Fighting for Independence: Carolina Day Commemoration at Fort Moultrie
35-star flag flies over Fort Moultrie with Charleston Harbor in the background
News
A National Salute: Fort Moultrie at the Close of the Civil War
Fort Moultrie Dock
News
Fort Moultrie Dock Closing
Underground Railroad Network to Freedom logo
News
Fort Moultrie to Host “A Strike for Freedom” Event
Living history soldiers provide information about 1940s Army life
News
World War II Living History at Fort Moultrie
a picture of a black man, Robert Smalls, who escaped slavery using the Underground Railroad
News
Fort Sumter and Charleston Harbor Added to Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
Two trees lay on their sides with their root balls exposed.
News
Assessment and recovery work continues at national parks in the western Carolinas in the wake of Hurricane Helene
Crews remove downed trees
News
Assessment and recovery work continues at national parks in the western Carolinas in the wake of Hurricane Helene
An arborist in a bucket truck works to remove hazard trees threatening buildings.
News
Assessment and recovery work continues at national parks in the western Carolinas in the wake of Hurricane Helene