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Historic Site | State/County Park
Brunswick Town
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accessible_parking
pet_friendly
Historic Site
Abingdon Muster Grounds
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restrooms
Battlefield | State/County Park
Alamance
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Historic Site | Battlefield
American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
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State/County Park
Andrew Jackson State Park
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Arnold's Tavern
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Historic Site | Historic House
Bainbridge House
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National Park | Historic House
Barrett House
Battlefield |
Battle of the Capes
Historic Site |
Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center
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restrooms
Battlefield | Historic Site
Biggin Church
pet_friendly
Battlefield
Blackstock's Plantation
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pet_friendly
Historic Site | Gardens & Grounds
Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens
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restrooms
Historic Site | State/County Park
Boston Common
wifi
restrooms
wheelchair_accessible
Battlefield
Breach Inlet at Sullivan's Island
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Historic Site | Historic House
Buckman Tavern
Battlefield
Bunker Hill
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Burch's Mill
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Historic Site | Historic House
Burgwin-Wright House
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Caldwell Parsonage
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Battlefield |
Camden Battlefield
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Historic Site | Historic House
Cannonball House at Springfield Battlesite
National Park | Historic House
Captain William Smith House
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Historic Site | State/County Park
Cedar Bridge Tavern
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Historic Site | Battlefield
Cedar Springs
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Historic Site | National Park
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
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Battlefield |
Chelsea Creek
Historic Site |
Cherokee County Museum
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Battlefield |
Chestnut Neck
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Chowan Courthouse
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Battlefield | Historic Site
Colonial Camden
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Historic Site |
Colonial Williamsburg
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wheelchair_accessible
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wifi
Battlefield |
Connecticut Farms and Springfield
Battlefield
Coosawhatchie & Tulifinny Hill
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pet_friendly
Historic Site | Historic House
Cornelius Low House
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Historic Site | Historic House
Covenhoven House
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Battlefield |
Cowan's Ford
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Battlefield | National Park
Cowpens National Battlefield
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State/County Park | Historic House
Craig Farm
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Crosswicks Meeting House
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Historic Site
Custom House Maritime Museum
State/County Park | Historic House
Dey Mansion
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Historic Site | Historic House
Drayton Hall
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Historic Site | State/County Park
East Jersey Old Town Village
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State/County Park | Historic Site
Elizabethtown Point
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Battlefield
Eutaw Springs
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Evesham Friends Meeting House
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Faneuil Hall
wifi
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wheelchair_accessible
Historic Site |
First Presbyterian Church
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National Park | Historic House
Ford Mansion
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Historic Site | Historic House
Fort Defiance
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Battlefield | State/County Park
Fort Dorchester
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Battlefield | Historic Site
Fort Fair Lawn
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pet_friendly
Historic Site | Fort/Outpost
Fort Johnson
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Battlefield | Fort/Outpost
Fort Lee
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National Park | Fort/Outpost
Fort Nonsense
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Battlefield | National Park
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
wifi
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restrooms
wheelchair_accessible
Battlefield | Fort/Outpost
Fort Thicketty
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pet_friendly
Battlefield | Historic Site
Fort Watson
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pet_friendly
National Park | Historic Site
Francis Marion National Forest
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pet_friendly
Historic Site
Francis Marion Tomb at Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery
Historic Site
General Moultrie's Grave
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wheelchair_accessible
restrooms
State/County Park
Goodale State Park
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restrooms
pet_friendly
Historic Site
Grave of Col. James WIlliams
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Battlefield |
Great Bridge
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Great Dismal Swamp NC
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Great Dismal Swamp VA
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Battlefield
Great Savannah
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Battlefield |
Green Spring
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Battlefield | National Park
Guilford Courthouse
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wheelchair_accessible
Historic Site | Historic House
Gunston Hall
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accessible_parking
wheelchair_accessible
restrooms
wifi
Battlefield
Halfway Swamp
State/County Park | Historic House
Hampton Plantation State Historic Site
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Hampton Roads Naval Museum
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wheelchair_accessible
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wifi
Historic Site | Historic House
Hancock-Clarke House
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Battlefield
Hanging Rock
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Historic Site | Historic House
Hanover House
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restrooms
Historic Site | Historic House
Harrington House
National Park | Historic House
Hartwell Tavern
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wheelchair_accessible
Historic Site | Historic House
Heyward-Washington House
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Historic Site | State/County Park
Historic Bath
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Historic Site | State/County Park
Historic Bethabara
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Historic Site | Historic House
Historic Brattonsville
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State/County Park | Historic Site
Historic Halifax
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Historic New Bridge Landing
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Battlefield
Hobkirk Hill
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Historic Site | Historic House
Hopewell Plantation & Treaty Site
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restrooms
Historic Site | Historic House
Hopsewee Plantation
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wheelchair_accessible
restrooms
Historic Site | Battlefield
House in the Horseshoe
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Battlefield
Huck's Defeat
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wheelchair_accessible
restrooms
wifi
Historic Site |
Huddy's Leap
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Battlefield
Huyler's Landing
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Indian King Tavern
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Historic Site | Historic House
Jacobus Vanderveer House
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wheelchair_accessible
State/County Park | Historic House
James & Ann Whitall House
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Historic Site | Historic House
Jason Russell House
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National Park | Historic Site
Jockey Hollow
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National Park | Historic House
John Quincy Adams Birthplace
Historic Site | State/County Park
Johnson Ferry House
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Historic Site | Historic House
Kershaw-Cornwallis House
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Battlefield | National Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park
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Kings Mountain State Park
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wifi
Historic Site |
Lafayette Tour Marker, Arlington, Massachusetts (MA-143)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Bolton, Massachusetts (MA-13)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Bordentown, New Jersey (NJ-113)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Braithwaite, Louisiana (LA-123)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Branford, Connecticut (CT-135)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Buras, Louisiana (LA-105)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Chelsea, Massachusetts (MA-11)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Cincinnati, Ohio (OH-111)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Columbia, Virginia (VA-146)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Cromwell, Connecticut (CT-116)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Dalton, Massachusetts (MA-138)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Derry, New Hampshire (NH-30)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Dover, New Hampshire (NH-86)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, East Hartford, Connecticut (CT-145)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Hampton Falls, New Hampshire (NH-127)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Hopkinton, New Hampshire (NH-27)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Jeffersonville, Indiana (IN-125)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Lexington, Kentucky (KY-148)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Lexington, Kentucky (KY-153)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Lexington, Kentucky (KY-160)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Lexington, Massachusetts (MA-57)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Lynn, Massachusetts (MA-62)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Macon, Georgia (GA-165)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Madison, New Jersey (NJ-132)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Marblehead, Massachusetts (MA-75)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Marietta, Ohio (OH-167)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Methuen, Massachusetts (MA-47)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Middletown, Connecticut (CT-151)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Newport, New Hampshire (NH-14)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, North Hampton, New Hampshire (NH-85)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Northampton, Massachusetts (MA-169)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Norwalk, Connecticut (CT-98)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Norwich, Connecticut
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Orville, Alabama (AL-97)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Pembroke, New Hampshire (NH-39)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Petersburg, Virginia (VA-129)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (NH-38)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Rahway, New Jersey (NJ-54)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Reading, Massachusetts (MA-65)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Roberta, Georgia (GA-141)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Savannah, Georgia (GA-159)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, South Berwick, Maine (ME-152)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Sparta, Georgia (GA-130)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Stafford Springs, Connecticut
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Sturbridge, Massachusetts (MA-103)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Versailles, Kentucky (KY-142)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Warner, New Hampshire (NH-61)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Worcester, Massachusetts (MA-119)
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Lafayette Visit Marker, Williamsburg, Virginia (V-62)
State/County Park
Landsford Canal State Park
Battlefield
Lexington and Concord
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Historic Site | Historic House
Liberty Hall
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Historic Site
Limestone Springs Memorial
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State/County Park | Historic Site
Long Pond Ironworks
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State/County Park | Historic House
Lord Stirling's Manor Site
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Lynches Creek Massacre
Historic Site | Gardens & Grounds
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
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National Park | Historic House
Major John Buttrick House
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wheelchair_accessible
State/County Park | Historic Site
Marion Square
wheelchair_accessible
pet_friendly
Historic Site
Memorial of Francis Salvador
Battlefield | Historic Site
Mepkin
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restrooms
National Park | Battlefield
Meriam's Corner
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wheelchair_accessible
Historic Site | Gardens & Grounds
Middleton Place
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wheelchair_accessible
restrooms
Historic Site | Historic House
Miles-Brewton House
Battlefield | Historic Site
Moncks Corner
Battlefield
Monmouth
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wheelchair_accessible
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pet_friendly
Battlefield |
Monmouth Battle Monument
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Historic Site | Historic House
Monticello
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accessible_parking
wheelchair_accessible
restrooms
wifi
Battlefield | National Park
Moores Creek Bridge
parking
restrooms
wheelchair_accessible
National Park | Historic Site
Morristown
wifi
parking
restrooms
wheelchair_accessible
Historic Site | Gardens & Grounds
Morristown Green
parking
pet_friendly
Battlefield
Mount Holly
parking
Historic Site | Historic House
Mount Vernon
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accessible_parking
wheelchair_accessible
restrooms
wifi
Historic Site | Historic House
Munroe Tavern
parking
accessible_parking
Battlefield | State/County Park
Musgrove Mill State Historic Site
parking
wheelchair_accessible
restrooms
pet_friendly
Historic Site | Battlefield
Nassau Hall
parking
accessible_parking
restrooms
wifi
Historic Site | Historic House
Nathaniel Drake House
Battlefield | National Park
Ninety Six National Historic Site
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wheelchair_accessible
National Park | Battlefield
North Bridge
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wheelchair_accessible
Historic Site |
Old Barracks Museum
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Historic Site | Historic House
Old Belfry Tower
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Old Dutch Parsonage
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Historic Site
Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
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Old North Church
wifi
restrooms
wheelchair_accessible
Historic Site
Old Santee Canal Park
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Old South Meeting House
wifi
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wheelchair_accessible
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Old State House
wifi
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wheelchair_accessible
Historic Site |
Old Stone Church
parking
National Park | Historic Site
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
parking
restrooms
wheelchair_accessible
Battlefield
Ox Swamp
Historic Site | Historic House
Paul Revere House
wifi
restrooms
wheelchair_accessible
Battlefield |
Paulus Hook
parking
accessible_parking
pet_friendly
Battlefield
Petticoat Bridge
Historic Site | Fort/Outpost
Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment
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accessible_parking
pet_friendly
Battlefield
Port's Ferry
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wheelchair_accessible
pet_friendly
Battlefield
Princeton
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Battlefield |
Pyle's Defeat
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accessible_parking
pet_friendly
Battlefield
Ramsour's Mill
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pet_friendly
Battlefield | Fort/Outpost
Red Bank
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pet_friendly
State/County Park | Historic House
Rockingham Historic Site
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Royal Governor's Mansion
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Battlefield
Rugeley's Mill
Historic Site | National Park
Sandy Hook
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wheelchair_accessible
State/County Park
Santee State Park
parking
restrooms
pet_friendly
wifi
Historic Site | Historic House
Scotchtown
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Battlefield | State/County Park
Second Trenton
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accessible_parking
pet_friendly
Historic Site | Historic House
Sentry Box
Battlefield
Siege of Boston
wifi
restrooms
wheelchair_accessible
Battlefield | Historic Site
Siege of Charleston
Historic Site |
Snow's Island
Historic Site |
South Carolina Historical Society Museum
wheelchair_accessible
restrooms
Historic Site |
St. John's Episcopal Church
parking
accessible_parking
Historic Site | Historic House
Staats House
parking
accessible_parking
Battlefield
Stono Ferry
Historic Site | Historic House
Stratford Hall Plantation
parking
accessible_parking
restrooms
Battlefield
Tearcoat Swamp
Historic Site |
Tennent Meeting House
parking
accessible_parking
Historic Site
The Powder Magazine
wheelchair_accessible
restrooms
State/County Park | Historic House
Thomas Clarke House
parking
accessible_parking
Historic Site | Historic House
Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
parking
restrooms
pet_friendly
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Aug 1, 2026
Aug 8, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at Bonanzaville USA
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Jun 20, 2026
Jul 1, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at Fort Snelling
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May 27, 2026
Jun 3, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Catawba County Museum of History
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May 22, 2026
Jun 18, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Chester County History Center
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Jun 22, 2026
Jun 27, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the E.G. Fisher Library
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Jun 30, 2026
Jul 7, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the East Tennessee History Center
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May 18, 2026
May 26, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Fairfax County Government Center
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Aug 10, 2026
Aug 17, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Fargo Public Library
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Jun 12, 2026
Jun 19, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Fite-Fessenden House
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Aug 10, 2026
Aug 17, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Groton Public Library
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Jun 22, 2026
Jul 4, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Hatfield Township Administration Building
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May 17, 2026
May 26, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Highground Veterans Memorial Park and Museum
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Apr 22, 2026
May 2, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the History Museum of Monroe County
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Jun 23, 2026
Jun 30, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Iredell Museums
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Jul 7, 2026
Jul 17, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Kandiyohi County Historical Society
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Jun 3, 2026
Jun 10, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Linebaugh Library
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Jun 5, 2026
Jun 12, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Museum of Ashe County History
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Apr 26, 2026
May 9, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts
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Jun 6, 2026
Jun 16, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Museum of Valor
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Apr 23, 2026
May 1, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Necedah Area School District Multipurpose Room
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Apr 13, 2026
May 22, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Odell Horton Federal Building
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Jul 20, 2026
Jul 30, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Otter Tail County Museum
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Aug 21, 2026
Aug 30, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Portsmouth Historical Society
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Jun 10, 2026
Jun 18, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Richard I Bong Veterans Historical Center
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Jun 1, 2026
Jun 13, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Rising Sun Inn
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May 25, 2026
May 30, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Robertson County History Museum
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Aug 5, 2026
Aug 12, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Sampson County History Museum
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Apr 24, 2026
Apr 30, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the South San Francisco Library, Parks, and Recreation Center
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May 29, 2026
Jun 8, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the White Bear Lake Armory
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Jun 14, 2026
Jun 20, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
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May 3, 2026
May 14, 2026
Traveling Exhibition at Winona County Historical Society
Battlefield
Trenton
Historic Site | Historic House
Tryon Palace
parking
accessible_parking
wheelchair_accessible
restrooms
Historic Site | State/County Park
Van Veghten House
parking
accessible_parking
Historic Site |
Village Inn
parking
accessible_parking
Battlefield
Wadboo Bridge
pet_friendly
Historic Site | Historic House
Wallace House
parking
accessible_parking
Historic Site | Historic House
Walnut Grove Plantation
parking
State/County Park | Historic House
Washington Crossing State Park
parking
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restrooms
Historic Site | State/County Park
Washington Crossing, PA
parking
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restrooms
Battlefield
Waxhaws
parking
pet_friendly
State/County Park | Historic Site
White Point Garden
wheelchair_accessible
pet_friendly
Battlefield
Witherspoon's Ferry
parking
accessible_parking
wheelchair_accessible
pet_friendly
Historic Site | Historic House
Wright's Tavern
parking
accessible_parking
Battlefield
Wyboo Swamp
National Park | Battlefield
Yorktown
parking
restrooms
Tours Along The Trail
Explore the many guided tours of The Liberty Trail
North Carolina
Tour
Ramsour's Mill
Lincolnton, NC
New York
Tour
Knox's Noble Train of Artillery
Crown Point, NY
South Carolina
Tour
Fort Fair Lawn
Moncks Corner, SC
See More Tours
This Day on the Liberty Trail
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Apr. 2,
1787
United Kingdom
General Thomas Gage dies at 68 years old in London
Apr. 5,
1761
New York
Sybil Ludington, whose story remained in obscurity until the 1960s, is born in Ludingtonville, NY
Apr. 6,
1745
Massachusetts
William Dawes, the lesser-known midnight rider and Patriot, is born in Boston, Massachusetts
Apr. 8,
1723
Pennsylvania
Future physician and North Carolina Loyalist leader John Pyle is born in Chester Co. Pennsylvania
Apr. 10,
1806
New York
Horatio Gates, Patriot General and hero of Saratoga, dies at 78 in his New York home
Apr. 13,
1745
Pennsylvania
Future general, "Mad" Anthony Wayne, is born in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Apr. 14,
1780
South Carolina
British forces under Banastre Tarleton close off Patriot supply lines from the Cooper River and wipe out a Patriot force
Apr. 15,
1777
North Carolina
Brig. Gen. James Moore dies suddenly of illness in Wilmington prior to his departure to join forces with Gen. Washington
Apr. 15,
1781
South Carolina
Henry Lee and Francis Marion begin the Siege of Fort Watson
Apr. 16,
1730
Canada
Henry Clinton, future British Commander-in-Chief in America, is born in Newfoundland
Apr. 19,
1775
Massachusetts
The Battle of Lexington & Concord lights sparks the Revolution
Apr. 19,
1775
Massachusetts
Isaac Davis, Acton Minutemen leader, is slain at Concord and is the first Patriot officer casualty of the Revolution
Apr. 19,
1775
Massachusetts
The Siege of Boston commences shortly after the Patriot Victory at Lexington & Concord
Apr. 20,
1746
Virginia
Samuel Griffin, leader of militia units in New Jersey in 1776, is born in Richmond County, Virginia
Apr. 23,
1781
South Carolina
Maham's tower at the Siege of Fort Watson leads to the surrender of a British garrison
Apr. 25,
1781
South Carolina
Nathanael Greene probes British defenses in the South Carolina backcountry
Apr. 26,
1726
New York
William Alexander, Lord Stirling, the one responsible for exposing the Conway Cabal, is born in New York City
Apr. 29,
1827
Massachusetts
Deborah Sampson, a woman who famously disguised herself to fight in the Revolution, dies at 66 in Sharon, MA
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The Revolutionary War in North Carolina
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Cornwallis: A Great British General
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Revolutionary Firepower: Muskets and Rifles
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.
Battlefields
Discover the historic fields, farms, and forests across The Liberty Trail where pivotal battles were fought and the foundations of our nation were forged.
Events
Discover all The Liberty Trail has to offer through local festivals, re-enactments and community events.
Historic Sites
Journey through The Liberty Trail’s rich historical sites to uncover their pivotal roles in securing America’s independence.
Tours
Discover The Liberty Trail through immersive guided tours—right at your fingertips.
State Parks
Discover The Liberty Trail’s diverse parks and forests, where both Loyalists and Patriots once ventured.
Outdoor Activities
Whether you hike, bike, boat, fish or golf, find all your favorite outdoor fun.
Family Friendly Adventures
Discover a part of our nation’s history at historic landmarks and events.
Revolutionary Rivers Trail
Kayaking & Canoeing
The South Carolina Revolutionary Rivers Trail follows the stomping grounds of Revolutionary War hero General Francis Marion. The 66-mile trail offers paddlers a unique experience of floating through swampland that was once traversed by Patriots engaged in guerrilla warfare against the Loyalists.
Kids' Visit to Cowpens National Battlefield
Battlefield | National Park
Cowpens is the site of the battle that turned the tide for the patriots and George Washington's Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. A perfect place to take kids for a little history lesson.
Be A Junior Ranger!
National Park | living history site
Explore, Learn, and Protect at the Junior Ranger program at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, available to visitors of all ages! Use this program to uniquely explore and learn about your national parks, and how you can help protect them today and into the future.
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
Richard Caswell
Once a lawyer and surveyor who fought for the royal governor at Alamance, Richard Caswell reinvented himself as a leading Patriot of the American Revolution. After commanding the decisive victory at Moore’s Creek Bridge, he rose to govern North Carolina and later served again despite suffering defeat with Gates’s army at Camden.
Biography
Elizabeth, Grace, & Rachel Martin
Elizabeth, Grace, and Rachel Martin, devoted Patriots during the Revolutionary War, disguised themselves to ambush a British courier, seizing crucial dispatches that they forwarded to General Nathanael Greene, aiding the American cause in the Southern campaigns.
Biography
Rebecca Motte
Rebecca Brewton Motte supported the Patriot cause by allowing her plantation to be used in a siege, even offering a bow to set her house on fire, which led to the British surrender at Fort Motte.
Biography
Rachel Revere
The devoted wife of Paul Revere, Rachel held the Revere family together in Boston as the war caused economic downturn and uncertainty, handling their escape and ensuring the safety of her husband.
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