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    Annual Celebration of the Battle of Moore's Creek

    10:00 AM-4:00 PM
    February 25, 2024-February 25, 2024
    North Carolina SAR
    Moore's Creek Battlefield
    200 Moores Creek Dr, Currie, NC 28435, USA

    Please join us as we celebrate the Anniversary Celebration of the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, the 1st Patriot victory during the War for Independence.  Activities will include musket and cannon demonstrations throughout both days, as well as demonstrations of colonial trades such as blacksmithing, candle dipping, spinning, cooking, gardening, powder horn making, colonial toys and games, live music, and much more.  For up-to-date information, please follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/moorescreeknps.  The event is FREE and activities will take place on Saturday and Sunday, February 24-25, 2024 from 10:00 am-4:00 pm.

    The combined North Carolina SAR Color Guard and North Carolina DAR, C.A.R., and SR chapters will commence a memorial walk on Saturday, February 24 starting at the visitor’s center at 10:00 AM.  There will be wreaths displayed at the Women’s Monument, at the Moore Monument, at the Loyalist Monument, and finally at the Patriot John Grady Monument.  Senior representatives of the SAR, DAR, C.A.R., SR, and Society of Cincinnati will present wreaths for their respective chapters.

    RSVP to get your wreath properly recognized in the program.  Deadline 29 Jan 24

    Suggested accommodations in Wilmington

    Hampton Inn Wilmington-University Area/Smith Creek Station
    124 Old Eastwood Rd, Wilmington, NC 28403-1861 +1 855-605-0317

    Holiday Inn Express & Suites Wilmington – University Center
    160 Van Campen Blvd, Wilmington, NC 28403-1621 +1 877-859-5095

    Wingate by Wyndham Wilmington
    5126 Market St, Wilmington, NC 28405-3445 +1 800-337-0070

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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