Join KCL for a day of Revolutionary fun featuring Bright Star Touring Theatre, a Civil War presentation, Colonial-themed crafts, and KCL’s Bookmobile. 10 AM – Historic Camden Tour: We will hike to Historic Camden, where they will start the day describing the occupation of Camden by the British starting on May 31,1780. We’ll walk to […]
Commemorate the eighty fourth anniversary of the landings on Normandy beaches, a.k.a. D-Day, hosted by Camden Archives and Museum (CAM), and the Revolutionary War Visitor Center (RWVC). Learn about the American military over decades of warfare, from the Revolutionary War up to the War on Terror. Honor and remember our veterans with this living military […]
June 28, 1776 will forever be Carolina Day in South Carolina, but why is that? Why do South Carolinians celebrate a day during the American Revolution that no other state focuses on? National Park Volunteer for Fort Moultrie, Norm Rickeman wants all to know about the miraculous victory that occurred against the mighty British Navy […]
Named for a Native American group who appear in colonial records for the first time in 1691, generations of historians, ethnohistorians, and archaeologists have lamented the meager data that exist regarding the Congaree Indians. Christopher Judge provides an overview of the Congaree, addressing the possibility they are descendants of the Chiefdom of Cofitachequi, visited by […]
Aliene Humphries presents this program in 18th century attire and brings a mannequin and additional period clothing to the presentation. She invites volunteers to help dress Molly, the mannequin, in the many layers of traditional 18th century apparel. Humphries explains these layers and why women would wear them in the 18th century. This is a […]