FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Leigh Anne Hunter
Tel.
276-525-1050
LIVING HISTORY AT THE ABINGDON MUSTER GROUNDS
Find Your Trail!
Find Your Ancestor!
Hear
ye! Hear ye! Overmountain Men and their families will come
to life at the Abingdon Muster Grounds, June 24, 2017 from 1:00 pm-4:00 pm. This event will highlight the importance of
the Washington County, Virginia militia and the Revolutionary War Battle of
Kings Mountain, 1780. There will be
demonstrations related to life in backcountry Virginia during colonial times. This event has activities for the whole
family! Join the Overmountain Victory
Trail Association, Blacks Fort Chapter-DAR, and General William Campbell
Chapter-SAR as we bring history to life.
Certified
by the National Park Service as the northern trailhead of the Overmountain
Victory National Historic Trail, the Abingdon Muster Grounds is a picturesque
9-acre park with significant history. When
a call was issued for militia to respond to British Major Patrick Ferguson’s
threat that, “he would march his army over the mountains, hang their leaders,
and lay their country waste with fire and sword,” men from all over the region
moved into action. Under the leadership
of Colonel William Campbell, 400 Virginians set out to join patriot militia
from modern-day Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. After a two week campaign, the Overmountain
Men fought the Battle of Kings Mountain with overwhelming success. Thomas Jefferson said it was “the turn of the
tide of success which terminated the Revolutionary War, with the seal of our
independence”.
The
Keller Interpretive Center, located at the Abingdon Muster Grounds, houses
southwest Virginia’s premier Revolutionary War exhibits. Artifacts associated with backcountry
Virginia and the Battle of Kings Mountain are on display.
If you would like more information about this topic, please
call 276-525-1050 or email lhunter@abingdon-va.gov.
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