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Tours Along The Trail
Explore the many guided tours of The Liberty Trail
This Day on the Liberty Trail
May. 3, 1779
South Carolina
May. 8, 1753
Senegal
May. 9, 1810
Massachusetts
May. 10, 1818
Massachusetts
May. 12, 1737
Rhode Island
May. 12, 1780
South Carolina
May. 20, 1775
North Carolina
May. 22, 1802
Virginia
May. 28, 1738
Virginia
May. 29, 1780
South Carolina
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The Liberty Trail Storytellers
Exploring the history and stories of the American Revolution.
Videos Along the Liberty Trail
Exploring the history and stories of the American Revolution.
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.
Family Friendly Adventures
Discover a part of our nation’s history at historic landmarks and events.
Liberty Trail History Makers
The Revolutionary War was a war unlike any other — one of ideas and ideals, that shaped “the course of human events. Explore the history and personalities from this pivotal time in American history.
Biography
In 1779, after a stalemate in the north, Cornwallis went south as second in command to Sir Henry Clinton. Clinton captured Charleston in May 1780. Cornwallis pressed on to defeat General Horatio Gates at Camden, South Carolina, on August 16, 1780.
Biography
On June 28, 1776, the British attacked Sullivan’s Island. Against impossible odds and outnumbered 2,200 British troops to 435 soldiers within the fort, Moultrie successfully prevented land and sea invasions of Charleston. The British retreated to New York and would not return to South Carolina until 1780.
Biography
Soon after Greene took command of the southern theater, the tide of war began to turn in favor of the Patriots. Greene and his men turned south to reconquer the South Carolina backcountry. Throughout 1781, Greene steadily drove the British back to Charleston, which they abandoned the following December.
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Dr. Benjamin Church, the first Surgeon General of the Continental Army, was a secret British spy whose treason was exposed in 1775, leading to his exile and mysterious disappearance at sea.
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