• Azaleas bloom in the lower parking lot at the Cowpens National Battlefield Visitor Center.

    Cowpens

    National Battlefield South Carolina

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  • Closures for Week of May 13 - 19

    The Loop Road and Trailhead Parking Lot will be closed to pedestrian, horse, bicycle, and vehicle traffic for fog seal application from Wednesday, May 15 - Sunday, May 19, 2013. The interpretive Battlefield Trail will still be open to pedestrian traffic.

Special Events

April 28 - September 2 - Guided battlefield walks
Saturdays and Sundays - 12:30 p.m.

Upcoming Events at Cowpens National Battlefield

April 27, 2013
Junior Ranger Day

April 27 - 28, 2013
71st Highlander Living History Encampment. There will be a small British camp with an Officer's marquee, NCO and soldier tents, and a distaff area. The group will give talks about their weapons and uniforms.

May 25
Musket and rifle firing demonstrations by the SC Rangers, 10:30, 11:30, 1:30, and 2:30.

May 26, 2013
Scholar Series: Author William R. Reynolds, Jr. will give a 45-minute presentation on Andrew Pickens: South Carolina Patriot in the Revolutionary War. 2:30 pm in the Visitor Center auditorium

June 1-2, 2013
1st Maryland, Southern Campaign Encampment. Musket and rifle firing demonstrations only on Saturday: 10:30, 11:30, 1:30, and 2:30.

June 3, 2013
Scholar Series: Author Carl Borick will give a 45-minute talk about prisoners of war in the American Revolution. 5:30 pm in the Visitor Center auditorium.

June 22
Musket and rifle firing demonstrations by the SC Rangers, 10:30, 11:30, 1:30, and 2:30.

July 6, 2012
Celebration of Freedom
Family activities and patriotic concert 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Complete schedule will be available by the end of June.

August 31
Musket and rifle firing demonstrations by the SC Rangers, 10:30, 11:30, 1:30, and 2:30.

September 14
Musket and rifle firing demonstrations by the SC Rangers, 10:30, 11:30, 1:30, and 2:30.

October 5 - 7
A Revolutionary Weekend. A series of Revolutionary War period activities at Walnut Grove Plantation, Cowpens National Battlefield, and Kings Mountain National Military Park. Complete schedule will be available by the middle of September.

Save the date!
January 18 - 19, 2014
Anniversary Celebration Complete schedule will be available by the end of December.

 

Previous Fiscal Year 2013 Events

November 15 - After hours talk by Dr. H. Paul Thompson, Jr. of North Greenville University, 5:30 visitor center museum

November 17 - 18 - A Backcountry Holiday - American Colonial Civilian Interpreters at the Visitor Center all day Saturday and Sunday morning. Various family activities will be at the Scruggs House, 1:30 - 4:00, on Sunday.

January 12, 2013
Race for the Grasshopper. At the end of the Battle of Cowpens, two American officers raced each other to capture the two British cannons. Each year, Cowpens National Battlefield holds a 1 mile fun run/walk and a 5k run to in remembrance of this event. Sponsored by the Spartanburg Running Club, the 1-mile fun run begins at 9:30, and the 5k begins at 10:00. For more information, please visit http://www.spartanburgrunningclub.com/

January 19 - 20, 2013
Anniversary Celebration. Please join us for special talks, guided battlefield walks, weapons firing, calvary, and domestic skills demonstrations, and much more. For the complete schedule of events, click here.

February 4, 2013
Scholar Series. Author Jim Piecuch will give a talk about Nathanael Greene at 5:30 in the Visitor Center museum.

March 31
Join a reenactor at the Scruggs House and learn about egg dyeing; 1:30 - 4:00.

Did You Know?

Cannon demonstration

The three-pounder Revolutionary War cannon was called a "Grasshopper" because it had a recoil of about 5 feet and looked somewhat like a grasshopper jumping when it was fired.