Camden Rev War Visitor Center

Day at the Museum
2024-10-19 09:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad St, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
The Rev War Center is coming to life for one day!
Our “mannequins” will be coming to life to answer questions about life during the Revolutionary War throughout the day in the Public House.
We will have continental soldiers and townspeople here giving demonstrations both in the morning and afternoon.
Scheduled Demonstrations:
10:30 Muskets
11:00 Artillery
12:30 Weapons of the American Revolution- in Liberty Hall
1:00 Muskets
1:30 Artillery

Lunch & Learn: The Battle of Kings Mountain: Link in a Chain
2024-10-09 11:00 - 12:30 | Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad St, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
You bring your lunch and we’ll provide the learning opportunity!
Presented by Melissa Walker
In October 1780, backcountry men from North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia marched over the mountains to confront British commander Patrick Ferguson who had threatened to lay waste to their homes “with fire and sword.” British General Henry Clinton would call the remarkable Patriot victory at Kings Mountain the “first link of a chain” of disasters that led to the British defeat in the American Revolution.

This program is sponsored by South Carolina Humanities, a not-for-profit organization; inspiring, engaging and enriching South Carolinians with programs on literature, history, culture, and heritage. This program is sponsored by South Carolina Humanities, a not-for-profit organization; inspiring, engaging and enriching South Carolinians with programs on literature, history, culture, and heritage.

Home School Day: South Carolina's Native Animals
2024-10-02 09:00 - 11:00 | Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad St, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
Once a month, the Rev War Center offers a free homeschool day where small school groups can come together and experience one of the educational programs offered by the Center. A minimum of ten students will be needed to host these educational programs, if the minimum is not met then parents will be notified a week prior that the program will be canceled. Programs are geared toward students in 3rd grade through high school. Younger students are welcome to attend and follow along, but will need the assistance of their guardian throughout the program.
Adults are welcome to sit in on the program, just be aware that the focus will be on teaching the young students present.
October Program: South Carolina’s Native Animals
Scholars will head outdoors to find twelve examples of diverse biosystems from South Carolina. Observing the physical attributes of the animals and the environment in which they once lived, scholars will discuss how changes in the animals’ environment led to a response that was either a mutually beneficial relationship, to the species leaving the area, or even extinction.

Lunch & Learn: Yorktown
2024-09-24 11:00 - 12:30 | Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad St, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
You bring your lunch and we’ll provide the learning opportunity!
SAR members John Holmberg and John Summerford will present the history of the Battle of Yorktown. They will talk about key figures and why this is the battle that led to the British raising the white flag. Come hear about how the world turned upside down when a ragtag bunch of farmers and merchants with the aid of the French military, defeated the global superpower that was the British Empire.

Tea Tasting with Oliver Pluff & Co.
2024-09-07 12:00 - 14:00 | Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad St, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
Come learn the history of tea in Colonial America while tasting some of the most popular flavors, including Martha Washington’s favorite tea, Cacao. This is a great opportunity to learn the history of tea and taste some delicious tea too!

Home School Day: The American Revolution From Start to Finish
2024-09-04 09:00 - 11:00 | Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad St, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
Once a month, the Rev War Center offers a free homeschool day where small school groups can come together and experience one of the educational programs offered by the Center. A minimum of ten students will be needed to host these educational programs, if the minimum is not met then parents will be notified a week prior that the program will be canceled. Programs are geared toward students in 3rd grade through high school. Younger students are welcome to attend and follow along, but will need the assistance of their guardian throughout the program.
Adults are welcome to sit in on the program, just be aware that the focus will be on teaching the young students present.
September Program: The American Revolution: From Start to Finish
Students will be broken up into groups and given a colony to represent, creating their own Continental Congress. Throughout the program the groups will be asked how their colonies feel about certain events and whether or not they support the decisions being made. Ultimately students should be able to answer the question: How did 13 colonies, that lost their southern army TWICE in three months and four days, beat the global super power that was Great Britain?

Lunch & Learn: South Carolina's Navy during the American Revolution
2024-08-20 11:00 - 12:30 | Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad St, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
You bring your lunch and we will provide the learning opportunity!
Joe Long, Curator of Education at the Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum will be share the amazing feats done by South Carolina’s Navy throughout the American Revolution.

Simply Cool Market Day
2024-08-17 09:00 - 14:00 | Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad St, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
Beat the Heat August 17th by coming to air conditioned Liberty Hall at the Rev War Center and shopping local vendors! All are welcome! If you have questions about becoming a vendor please email us at: events@simplyrevolutionary.com

Thursday Talks: Indigo
2024-07-25 14:00 - 16:00 | 212 Broad St, 212 Broad Street, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
Heather K. Powers comes and shares the importance of indigo to colonial South Carolina.
Event is free
Reservations are encouraged

Lunch & Learn: Freemasonry During the American Revolution: Myth & Reality
2024-07-09 08:30 - 09:00 | Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad St, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
Lunch and Learn at the Rev War Center:
You bring your lunch and we will provide the learning!
Join Steven Knapp, Executive Director of the Newberry Museum talk about what Freemasons really did and did not do during the Revolution.

8th Annual Kids’ Fourth of July Parade
2024-06-29 06:00 - 07:00 | Camden City Hall, 1000 Lyttleton Street, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
Kids throughout Kershaw County are invited to show off their patriotic spirit by decorating bicycles, scooters, and wagons and wearing their red, white, and blue for the eighth annual Kids’ Fourth of July Parade on Saturday, June 29 in downtown Camden. Festivities begin at Camden City Hall at 10 a.m.; the parade will start at 10:30 am. This is a free event open to the community.
Pre-parade activities will include community organizations such as the Camden police and fire departments, Hobkirk Hill Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Revolutionary War Visitor Center, and more. Free snow cones will be available to all participants following the parade.
For the safety of the participants, motorized vehicles (electric or gas powered) are not allowed, and children 10 and under must be escorted by an adult.

Lunch & Learn: Jane Black Thomas
2024-06-25 08:00 - 09:30 | Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad St, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
You bring your lunch and we’ll provide the learning!
Author Sheila Ingle comes back to the Rev War Center to share the history of a lesser known heroine of the American Revolutionary, Jane Black Thomas. Mrs. Ingle has a number of books about women of the American Revolution and will be selling them and signing after the program.

Firearms in June
2024-06-22 06:00 - 11:00 | Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad St, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
The United States is turning 248 years old in July. What’s a better way to celebrate our country’s birth than by learning about the weapons that shaped a new nation? Programs and demonstrations will be presented by experts in American Revolutionary weapons throughout the day.

Lunch & Learn: Colonial Encounters
2024-05-07 12:00 - 12:30 | 212 Broad St, 212 Broad Street, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
You bring your lunch and we’ll provide the learning!

What happens to people’s diets when two worlds collide? Find out how life changed for the Indians in South Carolina following European exploration and settlement 1520-1730. Why were some crops adopted, and how did the encounter change the Europeans?
Join Professor Gail Wagner again at the Rev War Center to answer all the above questions!

Test SR Event
2024-04-17 - 2024-04-18 | The Meeting Place, 1208 Keys Lane, Kershaw, United States
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Lunch & Learn: Native Revolutions
2024-04-16 08:00 - 09:30 | Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad St, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
The Impact of Native Americans in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution, and the Revolution’s Impact on Tribes
Join National Park Ranger, William Caldwell at the Rev War Center as he discusses how the American Revolution impacted the indigenous population and vice versa. You bring a bag lunch and we’ll provide the opportunity to learn something new!

“Let’s Talk About”…. Symposium – Brown v. Board of Education – Now What?
2024-04-13 09:00 - 11:00 | Revolutionary War Visitor Center, 212 Broad St, Camden, SC, 29020, United States
Join the African American Cultural Center and the Camden Archives & Museum for the symposium in the AACC’s ongoing “Let’s Talk About”…. series.
“After Brown v. Board of Education, Now What?”
Join Charmaine Clowney, JD, Chair of the SC African American Heritage Commission, and Dr. Alison McLetchie, Assistant Professor of Sociology at SC State University for a discussion about the status of public school system, 70 years after the landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that ended decades of racial segregation in America’s public schools.
Light refreshments will be provided. Admission is free, registration is encouraged. To register or for more information, call the Camden Archives & Museum at 803-425-6050.
