Events

Speaker: Lee Wilwerding The Boston Tea Party wasn’t the first protest against British policies—and it wasn’t the only one. Cities like Charleston, Philadelphia, Annapolis, and Edenton, North Carolina, all staged dramatic acts of resistance. Edenton’s may have been the smallest, but it caused a stir in Britain because it was organized by women. This talk…

Zion Cemetery & Baynard Mausoleum Costumed Cemetery Tour The Island’s history comes to life every Tuesday at 10:00 am at Zion Cemetery & Baynard Mausoleum with this trip back in time, featuring costumed tour guides sharing fascinating stories of Hilton Head Island’s past. Visit the gravesites of four Revolutionary War heroes and find out about…

Speaker: Richard Thomas After the Indian wars and the rise of the indigo market in South Carolina in the 1740s, Hilton Head Island became a growing settlement. In the years leading up to the American Revolution, about 25 families owned and worked plantations along the island’s northern and western shores. As the population grew south…

Zion Cemetery & Baynard Mausoleum Costumed Cemetery Tour The Island’s history comes to life every Tuesday at 10:00 am at Zion Cemetery & Baynard Mausoleum with this trip back in time, featuring costumed tour guides sharing fascinating stories of Hilton Head Island’s past. Visit the gravesites of four Revolutionary War heroes and find out about…

Learn how the writings of John Locke (government to secure peace and protect unalienable rights), Montesquieu (separation of powers and checks and balances), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (individual liberty and the social contract) significantly influenced the Founding Fathers as they crafted the Constitution and established a new government. Explore how the Magna Carta created the legacy…

Coastal Heritage Society honors those who fought during the 1779 Battle of Savannah, one of the most significant conflicts during Savannah’s Revolutionary War history and one of the war’s most pivotal battles. Free and open to the public. Coastal Heritage Society’s Battlefield Memorial March event will lead guests through the footsteps of soldiers on that…

Learn how the writings of John Locke (government to secure peace and protect unalienable rights), Montesquieu (separation of powers and checks and balances), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (individual liberty and the social contract) significantly influenced the Founding Fathers as they crafted the Constitution and established a new government. Explore how the Magna Carta created the legacy…

Presenter: Dr. Steven Smith, Research Professor, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) This presentation will provide a history of the Camden campaign, a summary of the twenty-nine-year program of archaeological work undertaken by the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA), the recent recovery and reburial of fourteen Revolutionary War soldiers, and…

Presenter: Jane Theissen Did your family play a role in the American Revolution and if so, which side did they fight on? Join us for this class and learn how to research and identify your Patriot or Loyalist. Presenter: Jane Theissen USCB Hilton Head, Room 115

Speaker: Peggy Pickett During the American Revolution, Brigadier General Francis Marion—nicknamed the "Swamp Fox"—was known for his daring guerrilla tactics, leading surprise attacks that frustrated British forces in South Carolina. But in the summer of 1780, when the British set a trap for Marion, it was Dorothy Sinkler Richardson who saved him by outwitting the…