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Museums/Visitor Centers

Explore the past of Colonial America through objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest.

States of Interest:
New Jersey
Museum/Visitor Centers
Monmouth
Manalapan, NJ

Perched atop Combs Hill, the Visitor Center offers exhibits on the battle and those who fought it. Watch Washington’s strategy unfold in fiber-optic animation, explore the story of the real "Molly...

South Carolina Historical Society Museum
South Carolina
Museum/Visitor Centers
South Carolina Historical Society Museum
Charleston, SC

Pairing personal manuscripts, maps, and artifacts with innovative technology, visitors experience illuminating moments in our country’s past.

Brick building on street corner with three arched windows in center.
Massachusetts
Museum/Visitor Centers
Bunker Hill Museum
Boston, MA

The park's main exhibits are at the Bunker Hill Museum. Located across the street from the Monument grounds, the exhibits are housed in the old Charlestown Branch building of the Boston Public Library...

Brick building on street corner with three arched windows in center.
Massachusetts
Museum/Visitor Centers
Bunker Hill Museum
Charlestown, MA

The park's main exhibits are at the Bunker Hill Museum. Located across the street from the Monument grounds, the exhibits are housed in the old Charlestown Branch building of the Boston Public Library...

Brick building on street corner with three arched windows in center.
Massachusetts
Museum/Visitor Centers
Bunker Hill Museum
Boston, MA

The park's main exhibits are at the Bunker Hill Museum. Located across the street from the Monument grounds, the exhibits are housed in the old Charlestown Branch building of the Boston Public Library...

Brick building on street corner with three arched windows in center.
Massachusetts
Museum/Visitor Centers
Bunker Hill Museum
Boston, MA

The park's main exhibits are at the Bunker Hill Museum. Located across the street from the Monument grounds, the exhibits are housed in the old Charlestown Branch building of the Boston Public Library...

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Andrew Jackson State Park
Museum/Visitor Centers
Andrew Jackson State Park
Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, SC
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Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center
Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center
Moncks Corner, SC
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Cedar Bridge Tavern in New Jersey
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Cedar Bridge Tavern
Cedar Bridge Tavern
Barnegat, NJ
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Cherokee County Museum
Museum/Visitor Centers
Cherokee County Museum
Cherokee County Museum
Gaffney, SC
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Cannons at Fort Lee Historical Park facing the George Washington Bridge
Museum/Visitor Centers
Fort Lee
Fort Lee
Fort Lee, NJ
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Exterior shot of the John Quincy Adams Birthplace
Museum/Visitor Centers
John Quincy Adams Birthplace
John Quincy Adams Birthplace
Quincy, MA
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Monmouth
Monmouth
Manalapan, NJ
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South Carolina Historical Society Museum
Museum/Visitor Centers
South Carolina Historical Society Museum
South Carolina Historical Society Museum
Charleston, SC
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Brick building on street corner with three arched windows in center.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Bunker Hill Museum
Boston Common
Boston, MA
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Brick building on street corner with three arched windows in center.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Bunker Hill Museum
Bunker Hill
Charlestown, MA
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Brick building on street corner with three arched windows in center.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Bunker Hill Museum
Faneuil Hall
Boston, MA
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Brick building on street corner with three arched windows in center.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Bunker Hill Museum
Old North Church
Boston, MA
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Brick building on street corner with three arched windows in center.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Bunker Hill Museum
Old South Meeting House
Boston, MA
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Brick building on street corner with three arched windows in center.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Bunker Hill Museum
Old State House
Boston, MA
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Brick building on street corner with three arched windows in center.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Bunker Hill Museum
Paul Revere House
Boston, MA
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Brick building on street corner with three arched windows in center.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Bunker Hill Museum
Siege of Boston
Boston, MA
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  • wheelchair_accessible
White 1-1/2 story wood house with porch extending across main house with brick stairs in the center
Museum/Visitor Centers
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site Visitor Center
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
Mount Pleasant, SC
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A diorama of a marine area sits under a banner reading "Serving the Naval Fleet"
Museum/Visitor Centers
Charlestown Navy Yard Visitor Center
Boston Common
Boston, MA
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A diorama of a marine area sits under a banner reading "Serving the Naval Fleet"
Museum/Visitor Centers
Charlestown Navy Yard Visitor Center
Bunker Hill
Charlestown, MA
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A diorama of a marine area sits under a banner reading "Serving the Naval Fleet"
Museum/Visitor Centers
Charlestown Navy Yard Visitor Center
Faneuil Hall
Boston, MA
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  • wheelchair_accessible
A diorama of a marine area sits under a banner reading "Serving the Naval Fleet"
Museum/Visitor Centers
Charlestown Navy Yard Visitor Center
Old North Church
Boston, MA
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A diorama of a marine area sits under a banner reading "Serving the Naval Fleet"
Museum/Visitor Centers
Charlestown Navy Yard Visitor Center
Old South Meeting House
Boston, MA
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  • wheelchair_accessible
A diorama of a marine area sits under a banner reading "Serving the Naval Fleet"
Museum/Visitor Centers
Charlestown Navy Yard Visitor Center
Old State House
Boston, MA
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  • wheelchair_accessible
A diorama of a marine area sits under a banner reading "Serving the Naval Fleet"
Museum/Visitor Centers
Charlestown Navy Yard Visitor Center
Paul Revere House
Boston, MA
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  • wheelchair_accessible
A diorama of a marine area sits under a banner reading "Serving the Naval Fleet"
Museum/Visitor Centers
Charlestown Navy Yard Visitor Center
Siege of Boston
Boston, MA
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  • wheelchair_accessible
US Monument stands in front of visitor center. White cloud in deep blue sky is above them.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Cowpens National Battlefield
Gaffney, SC
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Blue sky and fluffy cloud are above brick visitor center and US Monument
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Cowpens National Battlefield Visitor Center
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
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Drayton Hall
Charleston, SC
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Brick three story building with a pediment creating a fourth story. Cupola with gilt dome sits atop.
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Faneuil Hall Visitor Center
Boston Common
Boston, MA
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Brick three story building with a pediment creating a fourth story. Cupola with gilt dome sits atop.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Faneuil Hall Visitor Center
Bunker Hill
Charlestown, MA
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Brick three story building with a pediment creating a fourth story. Cupola with gilt dome sits atop.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Faneuil Hall Visitor Center
Faneuil Hall
Boston, MA
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Brick three story building with a pediment creating a fourth story. Cupola with gilt dome sits atop.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Faneuil Hall Visitor Center
Old North Church
Boston, MA
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  • wheelchair_accessible
Brick three story building with a pediment creating a fourth story. Cupola with gilt dome sits atop.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Faneuil Hall Visitor Center
Old South Meeting House
Boston, MA
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  • restrooms
  • wheelchair_accessible
Brick three story building with a pediment creating a fourth story. Cupola with gilt dome sits atop.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Faneuil Hall Visitor Center
Old State House
Boston, MA
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  • wheelchair_accessible
Brick three story building with a pediment creating a fourth story. Cupola with gilt dome sits atop.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Faneuil Hall Visitor Center
Paul Revere House
Boston, MA
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  • wheelchair_accessible
Brick three story building with a pediment creating a fourth story. Cupola with gilt dome sits atop.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Faneuil Hall Visitor Center
Siege of Boston
Boston, MA
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outside view of brick Fort Moultrie visitor center with entrance sign
Museum/Visitor Centers
Fort Moultrie Visitor Center
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
Sullivan's Island, SC
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Outside view of visitor center, three-stories, brick with fountain in the foreground
Museum/Visitor Centers
Fort Sumter Visitor Center at Liberty Square
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
Sullivan's Island, SC
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Entrance to Fort Wadsworth Visitor Center
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Fort Wadsworth Visitor Center
Sandy Hook
Highlands, NJ
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Two story, unpainted wooden house beside a dirt road bordered by stone walls. Trees and fall colors
Museum/Visitor Centers
Hartwell Tavern
Captain William Smith House
Lincoln, MA
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Two story, unpainted wooden house beside a dirt road bordered by stone walls. Trees and fall colors
Museum/Visitor Centers
Hartwell Tavern
Hartwell Tavern
Lincoln, MA
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Two story, unpainted wooden house beside a dirt road bordered by stone walls. Trees and fall colors
Museum/Visitor Centers
Hartwell Tavern
Lexington and Concord
Concord, MA
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Two story, unpainted wooden house beside a dirt road bordered by stone walls. Trees and fall colors
Museum/Visitor Centers
Hartwell Tavern
Major John Buttrick House
Concord, MA
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Two story, unpainted wooden house beside a dirt road bordered by stone walls. Trees and fall colors
Museum/Visitor Centers
Hartwell Tavern
Meriam's Corner
Concord, MA
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Two story, unpainted wooden house beside a dirt road bordered by stone walls. Trees and fall colors
Museum/Visitor Centers
Hartwell Tavern
North Bridge
Concord , MA
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Visitor Center at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on an autumn day.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
Sandy Hook
Highlands, NJ
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A dark-brown brick building--above the entrance is a sign: "Jockey Hollow Visitor Center"
Museum/Visitor Centers
Jockey Hollow Visitor Center
Morristown
Morristown, NJ
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A building, wooden fence line, and green lawn.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Keller Interpretive Center, Abingdon Muster Ground
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
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Stone Walkway leading up to Visitor Center. Grass area and trees on both sides of walkway.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Kings Mountain National Military Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park
Blacksburg, SC
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A dusting of snow covers walkway to visitor center in the woods.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Kings Mountain National Military Park Visitor Center
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
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A green lawn leads to a low wooden building with a US flag flying in front
Museum/Visitor Centers
Minute Man Visitor Center
Captain William Smith House
Lincoln, MA
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A green lawn leads to a low wooden building with a US flag flying in front
Museum/Visitor Centers
Minute Man Visitor Center
Hartwell Tavern
Lincoln, MA
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A green lawn leads to a low wooden building with a US flag flying in front
Museum/Visitor Centers
Minute Man Visitor Center
Lexington and Concord
Concord, MA
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A green lawn leads to a low wooden building with a US flag flying in front
Museum/Visitor Centers
Minute Man Visitor Center
Major John Buttrick House
Concord, MA
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A green lawn leads to a low wooden building with a US flag flying in front
Museum/Visitor Centers
Minute Man Visitor Center
Meriam's Corner
Concord, MA
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A green lawn leads to a low wooden building with a US flag flying in front
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Minute Man Visitor Center
North Bridge
Concord , MA
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A stone building with an arrowhead logo on it & a sign that says, Museum of North Carolina Minerals
Museum/Visitor Centers
Museum of North Carolina Minerals, Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
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Azaleas bloom along the walkway to the visitor center
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Ninety Six National Historic Site
Ninety Six, SC
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A large brick mansion house with covered porch and white pillars. A large tree stands at the front
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North Bridge Visitor Center
Captain William Smith House
Lincoln, MA
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A large brick mansion house with covered porch and white pillars. A large tree stands at the front
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North Bridge Visitor Center
Hartwell Tavern
Lincoln, MA
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A large brick mansion house with covered porch and white pillars. A large tree stands at the front
Museum/Visitor Centers
North Bridge Visitor Center
Lexington and Concord
Concord, MA
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A large brick mansion house with covered porch and white pillars. A large tree stands at the front
Museum/Visitor Centers
North Bridge Visitor Center
Major John Buttrick House
Concord, MA
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A large brick mansion house with covered porch and white pillars. A large tree stands at the front
Museum/Visitor Centers
North Bridge Visitor Center
Meriam's Corner
Concord, MA
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A large brick mansion house with covered porch and white pillars. A large tree stands at the front
Museum/Visitor Centers
North Bridge Visitor Center
North Bridge
Concord , MA
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Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
Charleston, SC
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British re-enactors marching in front of the Kershwaw-Cornwallis house in Historic Camden
Museum/Visitor Centers
Revolutionary War Visitors Center
Colonial Camden
Camden, SC
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Entrance to Ryan Visitor Center at Floyd Bennett Field.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Ryan Visitor Center
Sandy Hook
Highlands, NJ
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Sandy Hook Lighthouse and Keepers Quarters
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Sandy Hook Visitors Centers- Lighthouse Keepers Quarters
Sandy Hook
Highlands, NJ
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Two purple flowers with yellow centers.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park Visitor Center
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
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The Powder Magazine
Charleston, SC
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Photo of the Captain William Smith House by Jeff Griffith
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The Wayside: Home of Authors
Captain William Smith House
Lincoln, MA
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The Wayside: Home of Authors
Hartwell Tavern
Lincoln, MA
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Young colonial militiamen exchange fire against British redcoats at sunrise in this painting.
Museum/Visitor Centers
The Wayside: Home of Authors
Lexington and Concord
Concord, MA
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Photo of the Buttrick House taken by the National Park Service
Museum/Visitor Centers
The Wayside: Home of Authors
Major John Buttrick House
Concord, MA
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Exterior of Meriams Corner
Museum/Visitor Centers
The Wayside: Home of Authors
Meriam's Corner
Concord, MA
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The North Bridge at Minuteman National Park
Museum/Visitor Centers
The Wayside: Home of Authors
North Bridge
Concord , MA
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Modern brown building surrounded by trees, park ranger standing in front
Museum/Visitor Centers
Visitor Center
Guilford Courthouse
Greensboro, NC
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Moores Creek National Battlefield's Visitor Center with trees in front, on a sunny day.
Museum/Visitor Centers
Visitor Center
Moores Creek Bridge
Currie, NC
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A turkey in profile with bright colored head and neck and iridescent, varied body feathers walks on
Museum/Visitor Centers
W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir Visitor Center
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
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Front of Museum building with park sign in foreground reading "Washington's Headquarters Museum"
Museum/Visitor Centers
Washington's Headquarters Museum
Morristown
Morristown, NJ
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the Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center. A large brick building with National Park Arrowhead on it
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Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center
Yorktown
Yorktown, VA
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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.
Cannons at Fort Lee Historical Park facing the George Washington Bridge
Battlefield | Fort/Outpost
Fort Lee
Fort Lee, NJ

Located along the banks of the Hudson, outnumbered Patriot forces quickly evacuated this site on November 20, 1776, as the British army advanced on their position.

Image of the Visitor Center at Fort Moultrie
Battlefield | National Park
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
Sullivan's Island, SC

The Battle of Sullivan’s Island, fought near the site of today’s Fort Moultrie in June 1776, was the first significant Patriot victory of the Revolutionary War.

Historic Site |
Henry Knox Trail Marker at Hillsdale, NY (NY-29)
Hillsdale, 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 |
Henry Knox Trail Marker at Cambridge, MA (MA-27)
Cambridge, 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...
Cherokee County Museum
Historic Site |
Cherokee County Museum
Gaffney, SC

With a rotating collection of artifacts and interactive exhibits, the Cherokee County Museum has something for all ages and interests.

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis by John Trumbull
National Park | Battlefield
Yorktown
Yorktown, VA

Yorktown was George Washington's decisive victory over General Lord Charles Cornwallis. Learn about the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War.

Photo of the Barrett House's exterior
National Park | Historic House
Barrett House
Concord, MA

In the days leading up the Battle of Lexington and Concord, James Barrett stored military supplies, including small cannons, from that were smuggled out of Boston amid rising tensions with the British.

Historic Site |
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...
Historic Site |
Henry Knox Trail Marker at Rensselaer, NY (NY-23)
Rensselaer, 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...
1760s era lighthouse located at the Gateway National Recreational Area in Sandy Hook
Historic Site | National Park
Sandy Hook
Highlands, NJ

A strategic location for the defense of New York's harbor, the Continentals failed to reinforce this peninsula, leading to the city's capture in August of 1776. A lighthouse dating to 1764 still operates there today, once serving as a Loyalist fortification.

Monmouth Battle Monument in New Jersey
Battlefield |
Monmouth Battle Monument
Freehold, NJ

A 94-foot monument now marks the spot that where the Battle of Monmouth commenced on June 28, 1778. A series of bronze plaques line the monument that depict famous scenes from the engagement.

Image of the entrance memorial sign and flags denoting Buford Massacre 1780
Battlefield
Waxhaws
Lancaster, SC

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.