The Liberty Trail History Makers

Fort Ontario was a staging ground for the British’s 1777 invasion of New York. It served as a base of operations for British, Native, and Loyalist raiding parties targeting upstate New York. In 1782, the British committed a full-time garrison to the fort.

Located near the famous Treaty of Hopewell site, the Hopewell Plantation house was the Pickens' family home and later served as the South Carolina Governor's Mansion.

McLeroth and his 64th Regiment were escorting 200 recruits from Charleston to Camden when Marion, with about 700 men, surprised them at Halfway Swamp.

Also known as the Battle of Fort Mercer, Hessian forces under Colonel Von Donop unsuccessfully stormed this fort on the 22 of October, 1777. Halted by combined arms of infantry and ships on the Delaware River, the Hessians suffered significant losses.

This historic house museum was the home of Thomas Heyward, Jr., one of four South Carolina signers of the Declaration of Independence.

After crossing the Delaware, George Washington's ten-day campaign culminated in a decisive victory at the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777, proving his army could defeat the British. The battle saw Washington's forces overcome initial setbacks to rout the British and shift the momentum of the war

The site of the 1780 battle of Musgrove’s Mill where a small force of Patriot militia fought and defeated a larger force of Loyalist and Provincial soldiers in a short but pivotal battle.

The General Nathanael Greene Homestead Historical Marker Database Historic home of the Revolutionary War hero and leader, Major General Nathanael Greene. The General Nathanael Greene Homestead—also...

New York State Revolutionary War Heritage Trail Site

Joy Farmhouse Visit Rhode Island The Joy Homestead sits directly on the Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R). On June 18, 1781, General Rochambeau and roughly 5,000 French troops marched...

The Portsmouth Friends Cemetery is located on the church grounds just behind the meetinghouse building. Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries The Friends Meeting House cemetery in Portsmouth, Rhode...

Fort Nonsense if one of four sites that compose Morristown National Historical Park. Atop a hill, it functioned as a defensive observation post for those encamped at Morristown.