Trail Sites

Image of a split rail fence along the side of a road with a historical marker sign reading Battle of Camede

The large number of Revolutionary War battle sites on The Liberty Trail is evidence of how important Southern colonies were to the British War effort.

Historic Sites

There are dozens of historic sites scattered across The Liberty Trail. Explore Revolutionary War forts, plantations and towns that played a part in history.

National Parks

Explore sites where pivotal moments in our nation’s history are preserved within the National Park System.

State Parks

The Liberty Trail state parks protect treasured American historic sites and priceless cultural treasures.

What's New On The Liberty Trail

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Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park to Commemorate First Shot of the Civil War

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Wildland Fire Crews Conducting Prescribed Burns

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Moores Creek National Battlefield - Christmas comes to Currie Event on December 13

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Guilford Courthouse National Military Park Finalizes Development Concept Plan and Environmental Assessment

A speaker in colonial attire addresses a diverse crowd during an outdoor historical event. The audience includes children and adults, some holding American flags and taking photos, with a backdrop of trees and a canopy providing shade.

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July Fourth Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence

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Gateway National Recreation Area Selected as a 2025 Leave No Trace Spotlight

a 11 story granite building next to a historic brick building.

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National Parks of Boston Announces Request for Proposals for Leasing Opportunity at 15 State Street

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Jacob Riis Park Access Restrictions 2025

Living historians protraying British soldiers rest under a shelter

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Fighting for Independence: Carolina Day Commemoration at Fort Moultrie

View of a grassy clearing in a forest at Jockey Hollow framed by a split-rail wooden fence, with colorful autumn trees in the background. This area is part of the proposed Penn Line Mutiny Trail at Morristown National Historical Park.

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National Park Service Seeks Public Input on Morristown National Historical Park Proposed Hiking Trail

A line of Revolutionary War re-enactors in period uniforms fire muskets during a demonstration at Jockey Hollow. Smoke and muzzle flashes rise as the volley is discharged. Behind them, more re-enactors stand at attention with fixed bayonets.

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Experience Revolutionary Life at Jockey Hollow Spring Encampment – May 3–4, 2025

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Colonial National Historical Park Announces Special Living History Event Featuring the 1st Rhode Island Regiment

Plan Your Visit

The Liberty Trail Storytellers

Exploring the history and stories of the American Revolution.

Bronze and granite monument of General Nathanael Greene on horseback

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Divide and Conquer

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From Culloden to the Colonies: Revolutionary Scots

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In a World of Phifers, Fifers, and Pheiffers

Exploring 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.

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Historic Site | Gardens & Grounds

Magnolia Plantation and Gardens

Charleston, SC

The plantation & gardens bears witness to 350 years of American history. Learn about the Europeans who colonized South Carolina, and the enslaved people who worked in the rice fields and gardens.

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Henry Knox Trail Marker at Lake George, NY (NY-7)

Lake George, NY

The Henry Knox Trail, also known as the Knox Cannon Trail, is a network of roads and paths that traces the route of Colonel Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" from Crown Point, New York, to the...

Historic Site | Gardens & Grounds

Middleton Place

Charlestown, SC

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

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Lafayette Tour Marker, Skaneateles, New York (NY-166)

Skaneatles, NY

President James Monroe invited the Marquis de Lafayette to visit the United States, his adopted country. Lafayette’s tour of all 24 states in 1824 and 1825 drew large crowds and sparked a renewal of...

Gemeinhaus at Bethabara as photographed by David Bjorgen

Historic Site | State/County Park

Historic Bethabara

Winston-Salem, NC

Once a thriving commercial hub, Bethabara was home to a Moravian settlement in Winston-Salem that witnessed the French and Indian War, the Regulator War, and the American Revolution.

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Lafayette Tour Marker, Uniontown, Pennsylvania (PA-74)

Uniontown, PA

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Arnold's Tavern

Morristown, NJ

The Arnold Tavern, constructed in the mid-18th century, served as Washington's headquarters from January - May 1777

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General Herkimer Marker (Rear Guard) Whitesboro, New York

Whitesboro, NY

General Herkimer Marker in Whitesboro, New York. This marker commemorates the spot where Herkimer's forces encampted the night before the battle. On August 6, Herkimer's forces will be ambushed within...

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Lafayette Tour Marker, West Point, New York (NY-73)

West Point, NY

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General Nicholas Herkimer Monument, Little Falls, New York

Herkimer, NY

A large granite monument dedicated to the American Forces who defeated the British on this site on August 6, 1777. When British and Loyalist forces besieged Fort Stanwix (Fort Schuyler), Herkimer...

Image of a split rail fence along the side of a road with a historical marker sign reading Battle of Camden

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Camden Battlefield

Camden, SC

The Battle of Camden was a devastating defeat suffered by the Americans in the British military offensive in the South.

Battlefield

Hobkirk Hill

Camden, SC

Patriot Leader Nathanael Greene Is repulsed but not defeated in his campaign to chase the British from the South Carolina backcountry