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Discover places where history comes to life and learn what life was like in Colonial times
in North America.

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Andrew Jackson State Park
South Carolina
Living History Sites
Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, SC

Programs and Guided Tours: Living history programs, including the Life of the Waxhaws Lantern Tour and the Andrew Jackson Birthday Celebration, are scheduled throughout the year. Please check our...

British re-enactors marching in front of the Kershwaw-Cornwallis house in Historic Camden
South Carolina
Living History Sites
Colonial Camden
Camden, SC

Offering visitors the opportunity to engage in history through demonstrations like blacksmithing or brickmaking, hearing our farm manager discuss 18th century agriculture, or touring our historic...

Living historians posing for a photo in front of the East Jersey Old Town Village
New Jersey
Living History Sites
East Jersey Old Town Village
Piscataway, NJ

Living Historians interpret the grounds and bring life to the park Wednesday through Sunday from the months of April to October. Keep an eye out for Continentals and Loyalists, who both make their...

image of a woman dressed in authentic Gullah garb
South Carolina
Living History Sites
Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens: Exploring The Gullah Culture
Mt Pleasant, SC

Exploring The Gullah Culture “Exploring The Gullah Culture” is a unique presentation where that difference can be experienced firsthand. Boone Hall is the only plantation in the Charleston area to...

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South Carolina
Living History Sites
Historic Brattonsville
McConnells, SC

Learn how people farmed the land, cooked their food, and entertained themselves in the 18th and 19th centuries through interpreters in period clothing. These historical activities and others are...

a photo of the entrance sign to Kings Mountain State Park
South Carolina
Living History Sites
Kings Mountain State Park
Blacksburg, SC

Visit the Living History Farm, a replica of a mid-19th century Yeoman Farm. The farm has a house, barn, cotton gin, farm animals, blacksmith and weave shop as well as a garden.

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Andrew Jackson State Park
Living History Sites
Andrew Jackson State Park
Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, SC
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British re-enactors marching in front of the Kershwaw-Cornwallis house in Historic Camden
Living History Sites
Colonial Camden
Colonial Camden
Camden, SC
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Living historians posing for a photo in front of the East Jersey Old Town Village
Living History Sites
East Jersey Old Town Village
East Jersey Old Town Village
Piscataway, NJ
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image of a woman dressed in authentic Gullah garb
Living History Sites
Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens: Exploring The Gullah Culture
Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens
Mt Pleasant, SC
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  • restrooms
A photo of a large white colonial era three story house with columns
Living History Sites
Historic Brattonsville
McConnells, SC
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  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
a photo of the entrance sign to Kings Mountain State Park
Living History Sites
Kings Mountain State Park
Blacksburg, SC
  • parking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • restrooms
  • pet_friendly
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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.
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Henry Knox Trail Marker at Watertown, MA (MA-26)
Watertown, MA
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...
Living historians posing for a photo in front of the East Jersey Old Town Village
Historic Site | State/County Park
East Jersey Old Town Village
Piscataway, NJ

The East Jersey Old Town Village is a collection of historic structures dating the 18th century. Today, living historians walk the grounds, bringing the Revolution and the Colonial Era to life.

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Lafayette Tour Marker, Elizabeth, Pennsylvania (PA-90)
Elizabeth, PA
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...
Exterior of Meriams Corner
National Park | Battlefield
Meriam's Corner
Concord, MA

The site of the first known Colonist offensive attack during the Revolution, Meriam's Corner marks where the British column, retreating to Boston, was ambushed by local militias.

Old Barracks Museum
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Old Barracks Museum
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.

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General Herkimer Marker (Shelter Spot) near Oriskany, New York
Oriskany, NY
General Herkimer Marker near Oriskany, New York. This marker commemorates the shelter provided Nicholas Herkimer during the battle of Oriskany. On August 6, Herkimer's force will be ambushed within...
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Henry Knox Trail Marker at Wilbraham, MA (MA-10)
Wilbraham, MA
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...
Battlefield | Historic Site
Fort Fair Lawn
Moncks Corner, SC

Fort Fair Lawn was a British outpost in 1780–1781 and was the target of a daring Patriot raid on November 17, 1781, and abandoned by the British a week later.

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Henry Knox Trail Marker at Fort Edward, NY (NY-11)
Fort Edward, 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...
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Henry Knox Trail Marker at Albany, NY (NY-22)
Albany, 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...
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Battlefield
Hanging Rock
Heath Springs, SC

This battleground was the site of three British camps, attacked by Patriot troops on August 6, 1780. It was a fight primarily between countrymen.

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Henry Knox Trail Marker at Wayland, MA (MA-23)
Way, MA
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...