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Take a Journey Back in Time During Revolutionary America

Join us as history experts take you on a journey through the past, reliving the days surrounding the American Revolution.

States of Interest:
North Carolina
Historic Tours
Burlington, NC

Guided tours of the Allen House site, located on the Alamance grounds, are available for a small fee per person.

Massachusetts
Historic Tours
Lexington , MA

Historical tours are offered by the Lexington Historical Museums. Information on tours can be found on their website.

New Jersey
Historic Tours
Barnegat, NJ

Guided hikes, kids’ crafts, art programs, presentations, tours, and other activities are available year round that may require prior registration. Self-guided tours of the grounds and tavern for daily...

Massachusetts
Historic Tours
Newburyport, MA

Once an influential shipbuilding center, Newburyport now houses the Custom House Maritime Museum, which interprets the region's naval history.

New Jersey
Historic Tours
Morristown, NJ

Tours of the Ford Mansion are available through the NPS and free tickets can be picked up at the Headquarters Museum, located nearby. Please consult the NPS website for Morristown for accurate, up-to...

Massachusetts
Historic Tours
Lexington, MA

Guided historical tours are offered at the beginning of every operating hour. Infromation on hours can be found on the Lexington History Museums' website.

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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.
Battlefield | Fort/Outpost
Gaffney, SC

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

Battlefield
Trenton, NJ

Renowned for Gen. George Washington's daring crossing of the Delaware River on a frigid Christmas night, Trenton marked the start of the Ten Crucial Days—a series of bold victories that reignited hope in the Revolutionary cause.

Historic Site | State/County Park
Titusville, NJ

Built in the 1740s, this building acted as a ferry house for those wishing to cross the Delaware, including the likes of George Washington and his men on Christmas night of 1776.

Battlefield | National Park
Greensboro, NC

One of the final battles of the Southern Campaign, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse cemented the British path to final defeat at the Battle of Yorktown.

Battlefield
Manning, SC

Now under the man-made Lake Marion, British Lieutenant Colonel John Watson and Patriot Brigadier General Francis Marion, the “Swamp Fox,” skirmished in Wyboo Swamp near Santee Road.

Historic Site |
Boston, MA

A monumental structure built in 1742, Faneuil Hall served as one of the most important sites of civic engagement in colonial Boston. Since, it has hosted the likes of revolutionary leaders and dissidents.

Historic Site | Historic House
Clemson, SC

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.

Historic Site |
Williamsburg, VA
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...
Historic Site | Historic House
Georgetown, SC

Built circa 1740, Hopsewee Plantation was one of the South’s major rice plantations and the birthplace of Thomas Lynch, Jr., one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Historic Site |
Trenton, NJ

The Old Barracks Museum is located in Trenton, New Jersey and stands as one of the last military structures dating back the French & Indian War and the American Revolution.

Historic Site | Fort/Outpost
Bedminister, NJ

Nestled in the sloping mountains of New Jersey, the birthplace of American military academies can be found. Initially a part of a winter encampment, it became the proving grounds for Patriot artillerists.

Historic Site |
Pamplico, SC

Located in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina, it was here that Francis Marion signed a treaty with a local Loyalist militia leader, effectively ending hostilities in the area