Tom Elmore is celebrating this St. Patrick’s Day by honoring the Irish-Americans who fought during the American Revolution. Eleven percent of the veterans who applied for pensions after the war, were Irish. Twenty-nine Irish men represented SC throughout the Continental Congresses. Two signers of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were Irish. Bring […]
Historical interpreter and reenactor, Robert Ryals returns with his rendition of what might have happened on the The Drayton Expedition of 1775. Depicting Rev. William Tennent, Ryals will give a composite speech for the rationale for the colonies revolting. Ryals will also speak on how propaganda was used as a recruiting tool during the revolutionary […]
Actors’ Theater of South Carolina (ATSC), with funding through SC250, is partnering with the Revolutionary War Visitor Center to host a panel discussion with the experts and actors that worked […]
Actors’ Theater of South Carolina (ATSC), with funding through SC250, is partnering with the Revolutionary War Visitor Center to host a viewing of their latest Revolutionary film “Echoes of Glory, […]
Said to be the ugliest man in Britain, Lord Rawdon’s climb to Lieutenant Colonel during the American Revolution may have come as a surprise to many. This Irish lord impressed […]
Long before social media, taverns were the bustling nerve centers of colonial life—places where every spoonful of stew and sip of switchel carried news, shaped opinions, and forged powerful alliances. […]
Elizabeth Timothy and her daughter-in-law, Ann Donovan Timothy quite literally printed their mark on American history while running the South Carolina Gazette during the birth of our country. Bring your […]
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 […]
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 […]