A newly published database includes hundreds of plaques, signs and pamphlets the National Park Service has flagged for review ...

Follow paths once walked by Indigenous people, soldiers, enslaved Africans, and overshadowed women, from Georgia to New Hampshire.

With 12 battle sites, Spartanburg is a must-stop Southern region — where Revolutionary War history meets a vibrant ...

Scenic Highway 11 in South Carolina offers a 120-mile road trip through historic sites and state parks, ideal for fall.

The impact of American victory at the Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina set the path to inevitable victory in the American ...

The Gaffney Visitor Center is showcasing little-known Revolutionary War stories that connect with Black History Month as the nation marks the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.

I recently interviewed Jarvis R. Givens, a professor of education and African and African American studies at Harvard University. His new book, I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black ...

Throughout his career, historian Carter G. Woodson, AB’1908, AM’1908, worked to change how Americans thought about Black history. The University of Chicago alum began that mission when, in February ...

IT’S TIME FOR THIS WEEK IN HISTORY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE UPCOUNTRY HISTORY MUSEUM. THIS WEEK IN JANUARY 1781, THE BATTLE OF COWPENS MARKED A SIGNIFICANT TURNING POINT IN THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN IN THE ...

COWPENS, S.C. (WIS) - On Jan. 17, 1781, a small South Carolina town would become a pivotal point in the Revolutionary War. An American victory at the Battle of Cowpens emboldened patriotism in the ...