The event will take place at 11 a.m. at Marion’s tomb at the site of Belle Isle Plantation on General Francis Marion Avenue in Pineville.
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Wreath Laying Ceremony For General Francis Marion Planned
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–On Monday Feb. 27, 2017 is General Francis Marion Memorial Day. The public is invited to join General Marion’s Brigade Chapter at Marion’s Tomb at 11AM for a wreath laying ceremony. Photographer Brant Barrett is working on a Swamp Fox photo essay and will be the main speaker. Did your Patriot ancestor fight with Francis Marion? Barrett is […]
Revolutionary War Fort Discovered In Moncks Corner To Be Preserved
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–Preservationists have uncovered a historic gem that played a significant role during the Revolutionary War. Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust and South Carolina Battleground Trust recently announced the permanent protection of Fort Fairlawn, the most pristine, intact, original American Revolutionary War fortification in South Carolina. Of the more than thirty forts constructed during the American Revolutionary war, it is one of two […]
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