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Fort Fair Lawn To Celebrate Grand Opening

Credit: South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. – The Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust will officially celebrate the grand opening of Fort Fair Lawn on Sept. 24.

The event, which coincides with “Colonial Day,” will take place at Old Santee Canal Park in Moncks Corner.

Tickets are $5. Admission for children age 6 and under is free.

The event will include guided fort tours, Revolutionary War artillery battery reenactors, candle making, indigo dying, colonial medicine, sweetgrass baskets, food trucks and much more.

The history of the fort dates back to more than 240 years ago. In April 1780, the British seized control of Fair Lawn Plantation, fortifying the mansion home, and constructing Fort Fair Lawn.

Considered the most significant British outpost between Charles Town and Camden, the fort protected the British troop deployments and communication lines through South Carolina.


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