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    243rd Anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain

    11:00 AM-12:00 PM
    October 07, 2023
    Battle of Kings Mountain Chapter
    North Carolina SAR
    Kings Mountain National Battlefield Park
    2625 Park Road, Blacksburg, SC, United States

    The NATIONAL SOCIETY SAR

    THE DANIEL MORGAN CHAPTER, SC SOCIETY, SAR

    AND

    KINGS MOUNTAIN CHAPTER, NC SOCIETY, SAR

    Invite you to attend the

    243th Anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain

    Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 11:00 am

    Kings Mountain National Military Park

    Blacksburg, SC

    SAR, DAR, C.A.R. and other patriotic and lineage societies & chapters are invited to participate in a formal wreath laying ceremony at the United States’ Monument. Participants presenting a wreath must deliver it to the park’s Visitor Center no later than 9:45 am on October 7th for labeling and transportation to the monument. Transportation will be provided for those needing assistance to the monument.

    Please email all wreath registrations to Grantham Wood at no later than Saturday, September 30th for the registration to be included in the Scroll of Honor which will be presented on-screen at the Kings Mountain Visitor’s Center during the day. The email should include the name of the organization and the presenter’s name with their title.

    The Sleep Inn at 834 Windslow Ave, Gaffney, SC 29341 is the official hotel for the Kings Mountain anniversary. Reservations can be made directly by calling the hotel at 864-487-5337. Additional hotels are available in Gaffney, SC, Gastonia, NC or Kings Mountain, NC.

     

     

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Annual NCSSAR Events

See the map below for the locations of annual commemorations that occur throughout the state on or around their anniversary date.

 

1 February 1781 Battle of Cowan’s Ford Huntersville, NC
27 February 1776 Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge Currie, NC
15 March 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse Greensboro, NC
12 April 1776 Adoption of the Halifax Resolves Halifax, NC
16 May Battles of Alamance County Burlington, NC
20 May 1775 Signing of the Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence Charlotte, NC
20 June 1775 Adoption of the Liberty Point Resolves Fayetteville, NC
20 June 1780 Battle of Ramsour’s Mill Lincolnton, NC
21 July 1780 Battle of Colson’s Mill Norwood, NC
29 July 1781 Attack at the House in the Horseshoe Deep River, NC
2 August 1781 Battle of Rockfish Creek Wallace, NC
14 August 1775 Issuance of the Tryon Resolves Bessemer City, NC
25-27 August 1774 Issuance of the New Bern Resolves New Bern, NC
1 October 1780 Crossing of the Catawba at Greenlee Ford Morganton, NC
7 October 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain Blacksburg, SC
14 October 1780 Battle of Shallow’s Ford Huntsville, NC

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