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"Charge the rascals!" An Irish Officer describes the Battle of Camden, 1780
"We were attacked": A Royalist Account of the Battle of King's Mountain
71st Regiment Button
Blackstock's Farm | Nov 20, 1780
Camden | Aug 16, 1780
Cowpens | Jan 17, 1781
Eutaw Springs - September 8, 1781
Eutaw Springs | Sep 8, 1781 | Phase One
Fort Fair Lawn | Nov 17, 1781
Fort Watson in Augmented Reality
Hanging Rock | Aug 6, 1780
Hobkirk Hill | Apr 25, 1781
Kings Mountain | Oct 7, 1780
Maham Tower at Fort Watson
Maps of Ninety Six, South Carolina (1781)
Ninety Six | May 21 - Jun 15, 1781
Piece of Eight
Siege of Charleston
Siege of Charleston Harbor | Mar - May 1780
Sullivan's Island | June 28, 1776
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The Santee Indian Camp at Fort Watson in Augmented Reality
The Southern Campaign | 1776 - 1781
Trenton - December 26, 1776
Waxhaws | May 29, 1780

Video/Audio

Banastre Tarleton: The Bloody Butcher of Waxhaws
Battle of Iron Works Hill: Von Donop's Perilous Party
Benjamin Lincoln: Revolutionary Revenge
Charles Lee: Washington's Most Arrogant General
Charleston & The Liberty Trail Episode Preview
Daniel Morgan
Eutaw Springs Battlefield Tour
FOX 24 News Now Reports: A Walk Through Revolutionary War History Along South Carolina's Liberty Trail
Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox
History On Location! We Visit Berkeley County Museum for The American Revolution Experience
John Laurens: Defender of Freedom
Kings Mountain In 4 Minutes
Liberty Trail StoryCorps Stories: Adrienne Whaley & Bert Dunkerly
Liberty Trail StoryCorps Stories: Charles Lane and Raleigh West
Liberty Trail StoryCorps Stories: Doug Bostick and Catherine Noyes
Liberty Trail StoryCorps Stories: Governor Henry McMaster and Vincent Sheheen
Liberty Trail StoryCorps Stories: Steve Smith and John Allison
Liberty Trail StoryCorps Stories: Tonya Matthews & John Rees
Liberty Trail StoryCorps Stories: Walter Edgar and Doug Bostick
Liberty Trail StoryCorps Stories: William Branham and Brooke Bauer
Looking for Lushington
Molly Pitcher: The Heroine of Monmouth
Morristown: Ice-cold Winter Encampment
Nathanael Greene: The Savior of the South
National Park Service Southern War Podcast
Ninety-Six: A Town Divided by War
Patrick Ferguson: The British Bulldog
Princeton: Washington's Key Victory
Revolutionary Road Trip Part 1 Preview: Travels with Darley
South Carolina Revolutionary Road Trip Part 2 Short Promo: Travels with Darley
Southern Campaign Animated Map
The African-American Influence on the Revolutionary War with Berkeley 250 Francis Marion Commission
The Battle of Cowpens: Morgan Vs Tarleton
The Battle of Kings Mountain: A Story of Memories
The Battle of Red Bank: Von Donop's Downfall
The Hessians: George III's German Mercenaries
The Horn Work
The Southern Campaign
The Ten Crucial Days
Young Patriot Makes the Lowcountry Proud with Award Winning Essay
Zip Trip '24 at the Cowpens Battlefield

The Blogs

The Ten Crucial Days: A Second Success at Trenton
The Ten Crucial Days: Princeton
Molly Pitcher and the Battle of Monmouth
Major General Charles Lee and the Battle of Monmouth
The Battle of Kings Mountain: New Insights from Forgotten Documents
Rediscovering Charleston’s Revolutionary Outsiders
When American History is Family History
A Revolutionary War “Lost and Found”
The Siege of Charleston - Horn Work
Colleton Castle at Moncks Corner, South Carolina
Siege of Fort Motte, South Carolina
Historic Camden
Skirmish at Biggin Church
Centennial Reflections: Cowpens National Battlefield Park
10 Facts: The Battle of Camden
Lost and Found
Liberty Trail StoryCorps Stories
History of Fort Moultrie
Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens
Charleston Harbor
St. Michael's Church Graveyard
The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
Charleston Powder Magazine
10 Facts: Charleston in the Revolutionary War
Charleston in the Revolutionary War
The British Supply Chain in the South
Defying the King: The Charleston Tea Party Protest
Native American Impact on British War Strategy in Southern Campaign
Eutaw Springs | Sep 8, 1781 | Phases Two & Three
"Bloody Ban" in the Backcountry
Hunting for Loyalists: The Overmountain Men and the Journey to Kings Mountain
Washington's visit to Charleston: The First President Tours the South
The Revolutionary War in SC: 10 Best Sites
Ambush: Francis Marion and the Art of Guerrilla Warfare

Events

Traveling Exhibition at the Georgetown County Museum
Colonial Day 2024
Wine Under the Oaks
The Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch
Low Country Oyster Festival
Boone Hall Fright Nights
National Park Service Birthday
Historic Reenactment
Archeology Day
Traveling Exhibition at Berkeley County Museum

News

Fort Moultrie Dock Closing
Fort Moultrie to Host “A Strike for Freedom” Event
New Augmented Reality Experiences Bring Battlefields to Life
Revolutionary War's Princeton Battlefield Receives Upgrade with New Historical Markers
World War II Living History at Fort Moultrie
Fort Sumter and Charleston Harbor Added to Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
Assessment and recovery work continues at national parks in the western Carolinas in the wake of Hurricane Helene
Assessment and recovery work continues at national parks in the western Carolinas in the wake of Hurricane Helene
Assessment and recovery work continues at national parks in the western Carolinas in the wake of Hurricane Helene
National Parks in the western Carolinas remain closed in the wake of Hurricane Helene
Charleston Area National Parks Close Due to Hurricane Helene Threat
Charleston Area National Park Sites Close Due to Threat of Hurricane Helene
New American Citizens at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
Tourism to Charles Pinckney National Historic Site contributes $2.8 million to local economy
Tourism to Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park contributes $35.9 million to local economy
WSPA 7 News Zip Trip at the Cowpens Battlefield
Charleston Area National Park Sites Close Due to Threat of Tropical Storm Debby
Charleston Area National Park Sites Close Due to Threat of Tropical Storm Debby
Visiting Artist Heather Heckel Provides Public Programs
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park Dock Replacement Finding of No Significant Impact
Carolina Day Commemoration At Fort Moultrie 2024
The Trust Restores Hallowed Ground at Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain and Eutaw Springs
Archaeologists, Historians Unearth Remarkable Discovery at Camden Battlefield
Cherokee County Awarded FLAP Grant to Develop Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail and Carolina Thread Trail
Fort Fest 2024: A Celebration of 300 Years of Defending the Southeast
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie Celebrate National Park Week
Fort Sumter & Fort Moultrie Commemorate the First Shots of the Civil War
Experience the Partial Solar Eclipse at Fort Moultrie
Fort Moultrie To Host Speakers on The Slave Dwelling Project
Ninety Six National Historic Site Makes Friends
While 325.5 million visited national parks in 2023, record 118,207 experienced Ninety Six National Historic Site
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park Invites Public Input for Proposed Dock Replacement and Rehabilitation
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park Visitor Use Management and Public Meeting
Archaeological Study Pinpoints Location of 'Hamilton' Fan-Favorite John Laurens’s Last Battle

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