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Event Name:
HUCK'S DEFEAT |
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Location:
Historic Brattonsville Site |
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Event Date:
Sunday, 7/13/2025 |
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Event Time:
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
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Duration:
6 hours |
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Purchase Deadline:
Thursday, 7/10/2025 11:59 PM
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HUCK'S DEFEAT
SATURDAY, JULY 12TH & SUNDAY, JULY 13TH
10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
HISTORIC BRATTONSVILLE
Please join our Staff historic interpreters, costumed volunteers, and volunteer reenactors as they will lead a living history reenactment that centers on the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. This year, we will highlight 1775 and the reasons people in the Carolina Piedmont supported (or opposed) war with Great Britian. Also discussed will be the Battle of Huck's Defeat, which was fought on Brattonsville property in July of 1780. Families are encouraged to attend.
Parking will be in the big field by the Admission Barn. Brattonsville Road will be closed from 9:30 - 4:30 on both days; please follow the detour.
Concessions will be available for purchase.
Timed Activities Include:
*Artillery demonstration (11:30)
*CHM Historian Zach Lemhouse - "1775: The Origins of South Carolina's Role in the American Revolution" (12:00)
*Battlefield tours (1:00, 3:00)
*Site/preservation tours (1:00, 3:00)
*Children's Militia drills (1:30, 3:30)
*Battle reenactment (2:00)
Ongoing Activities
*Reenactor camps & 18th century military interpretation
*18th century cooking
*Blacksmithing
*Dressing the Part: 18th century men's & women's clothing
*Explore an 18th century home - "look with your eyes as well as with your hands"
*18th century toys and games
Cost is $10.00 for Adults
$10.00 for Senior Citizens
$10.00 for Youth 4-17 years old
Children three and under are free
Members are free
(Blue Star: active-duty military, veterans and their immediate families get free admission with a military ID). To take advantage of this discount you must purchase a walk up ticket. You can't purchase tickets online for this discount.
Ticket sales end on Thursday, July 10th. All sales are final, tickets are non-refundable. Ticket sales for missed visits will be considered a donation to the Culture & Heritage Museums. Walkup tickets are available. We encourage you to register online.
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