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Charlestown, MA
Located in Building 5 of the Charlestown Navy Yard, this Visitor Center features exhibits and a short film about the work and workers of the Navy Yard who supported the United States Navy from 1800 to...
Massachusetts
Museum/Visitor Centers
Boston, MA
Located in Building 5 of the Charlestown Navy Yard, this Visitor Center features exhibits and a short film about the work and workers of the Navy Yard who supported the United States Navy from 1800 to...
Massachusetts
Museum/Visitor Centers
Boston, MA
Located in Building 5 of the Charlestown Navy Yard, this Visitor Center features exhibits and a short film about the work and workers of the Navy Yard who supported the United States Navy from 1800 to...
Massachusetts
Museum/Visitor Centers
Boston, MA
Located in Building 5 of the Charlestown Navy Yard, this Visitor Center features exhibits and a short film about the work and workers of the Navy Yard who supported the United States Navy from 1800 to...
Massachusetts
Museum/Visitor Centers
Boston, MA
Located in Building 5 of the Charlestown Navy Yard, this Visitor Center features exhibits and a short film about the work and workers of the Navy Yard who supported the United States Navy from 1800 to...
Massachusetts
Museum/Visitor Centers
Boston, MA
Located in Building 5 of the Charlestown Navy Yard, this Visitor Center features exhibits and a short film about the work and workers of the Navy Yard who supported the United States Navy from 1800 to...
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Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center
Moncks Corner, SC
Moncks Corner, SC
Museum/Visitor Centers
South Carolina Historical Society Museum
Charleston, SC
Charleston, SC
Museum/Visitor Centers
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
Mount Pleasant, SC
Mount Pleasant, SC
Museum/Visitor Centers
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
Gaffney, SC
Museum/Visitor Centers
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
Sullivan's Island, SC
Sullivan's Island, SC
Museum/Visitor Centers
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
Sullivan's Island, SC
Sullivan's Island, SC
Museum/Visitor Centers
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
Gaffney, SC
Museum/Visitor Centers
Kings Mountain National Military Park
Blacksburg, SC
Blacksburg, SC
Museum/Visitor Centers
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
Gaffney, SC
Museum/Visitor Centers
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
Gaffney, SC
Museum/Visitor Centers
Fort Wadsworth
Staten Island, NY
Staten Island, NY
Museum/Visitor Centers
Sandy Hook
Highlands, NJ
Highlands, NJ
Museum/Visitor Centers
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
Gaffney, SC
Museum/Visitor Centers
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Gaffney, SC
Gaffney, SC
Uncovering 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.
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
Boston, MA
Ensuing the Battle of Lexington and Concord, Patriot forces advanced on Boston, determined to overthrow the British occupation. Fortifying Dorchester Heights, George Washington positioned artillery to force the evacuation of British forces in the city.
State/County Park | Historic House
Newburgh, NY
General Washington established his Newburgh headquarters at Jonathan and Tryntje Hasbrouck's fieldstone farmhouse from 1782 to 1783, issuing an order for a "cessation of hostilities" from the house.
Historic Site
Charleston, SC
Completed in 1713, The Powder Magazine is South Carolina's oldest government building.
Historic Site | Battlefield
Brooklyn, NY
Now one of the largest cemeteries in New York, this was once the location where Patriot forces attempted to thwart the British Invasion of New York.
Historic Site | Marker
Suffolk, VA
In March of 1781, much of the Continental Army was hunting for the traitor, Benedict Arnold. In mid-March, Lafayette was sent south from the Elk River in Maryland with a detachment of troops to...
Historic Site |
Rensselaer, 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...
State/County Park | Historic House
New Bern, NC
Originally destroyed by a fire in 1798, this faithful reconstruction stands on the former site of the Palace and offers an 18th century interpretive experience.
State/County Park | Historic Site
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.
Historic Site | Historic House
Boston, MA
One of the oldest residential buildings in Boston, this structure was once the home of one-and-only Paul Revere, an avid member of the Sons of Liberty.
Historic Site | Fort/Outpost
Ogdensburg, NY
An historic fort established in 1749 that played a meaningful supporting role in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
National Park | Historic Site
Huger, SC
The Francis Marion is a forest literally steeped in history. Marion, dubbed the “Swamp Fox” by the British troops whose supply lines he disrupted with surprise attacks from the swamps.
Historic Site | State/County Park
Bridgewater, NJ
Utilized during the second Middlebrook encampment by the Continental Army, this home served as the headquarters for Nathanael Greene from 1778-1779.