Almost 250 years ago in the woods of what became Laurens County, South Carolina, a teenage girl risked her life for the cause of American freedom. Dicey Langston served as a spy and rescued family members and Patriot militiamen from vengeful Loyalists. Dicey’s most daring effort was to sneak away from the family cabin after
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It’s only 2023, but South Carolina is already marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. In 2018, the SC General Assembly created a 250th commission to lead us through the celebration of the entire war from its start in 1775 to its close in 1783. The commission members, their staff, county committees, and dozens
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The flag-draped, handmade caskets arrived April 20, 2023, at Historic Camden. Humvees carrying the caskets had stopped by numerous schools in Kershaw County before arriving at Historic Camden. Once placed inside the Joseph Kershaw House, the caskets lay in state for public viewing. On April 22, at the Camden Battlefield, the fallen soldiers, the first
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