Living History Sites

Middleton Place is America’s Oldest Landscaped Gardens and home to a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

On May 29, 1780, British commander Banastre Tarleton engaged and overwhelmed a Patriot force under the command of Abraham Buford in a dreadful defeat for the Patriots.

A station constructed during high tensions with the Cherokee, this fortification was utilized by Loyalists until July of 1780.

Once a simple ferry site, it gained prominence after Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," mustered the Williamsburg militia into his ranks in August of 1780

Patriot Francis Marion earns his famous nickname — "The Swamp Fox”— after a futile chase by British Commander Banastre Tarleton

Andrew Jackson State Park combines history, art and community activities into a setting that has made it one of the state’s most popular parks.

The Berkeley County Museum is located in historic Moncks Corner, South Carolina and contains Revolutionary stories and artifacts from around the county.

Located along the Great Pee Dee River, Snow's Island served as Francis Marion's favorite refuge for his militia in the swamps of South Carolina

The Patriots Take Provisions and Prisoners in a Surprise Attack on a British Supply Depot.

Known as an extremely important ferry crossing in the Colonial Period, Marion fortified this ferry and frequently utilized it to quickly move his troops to lay ambushes

This last major battle of the war in the South succeeded in driving the British out of rural South Carolina.

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.