Francis Marion Living History Encampment

Francis Marion Living History Encampment February 25-27, 2016 at Camp Bob Cooper, Summerton, SC shores of Lake Marion: https://clarendonmurals.com/new-page/ New web & a Mini Marion Camp 2024

February 25-27, 2016: 15th Annual Victory along the Santee River with Francis Marion: The General Francis Marion Days Living History Lantern Walk: Spy on History, is Friday, 26 Feb., 2016, 6:15 - 8 PM: History vignettes
Saturday, February 27, 2016 9 AM - 3 PM period craftsmen and women expertly demonstrate their primitive skills and many hands on activities for enthusiasts. Barber/Surgeon; B

lacksmithing; Candle Maker; Crime & Punishment; Indian Lore; ‘Hawk thrower; Historian & Story Teller; History Clothing; Indigo and Natural Dyes; Marching and Cannon Drills; Marion Militiaman; Primitive Camp Life; Quill Writing; Quilts; Textiles & Weaving; Black Powder Gun Making; Hesse Jaeger Korp; Ft Watson & Maham Tower; McCottry's Rifleman, Old Pottery and Points; Rev. Era Games; Cannon and muskets will be fired. Our Swamp Fox Society brings Backcountry days to life, to learn and to remember our great local heroes, white, black and red, men and women, who rode with Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox.

This says it all from Peggy C:& Thanks to all the ladies.https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16T9DbUXPD/
04/27/2025

This says it all from Peggy C:
& Thanks to all the ladies.
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This says it all from Peggy C:
Today I had fun helping at the Manning Museum during the Striped Bass Festival to reenact and teach a little Revolutionary War history. The weather was perfect and everyone was so nice. I dyed my skirt myself with indigo a few years ago when I did this kind of thing more often.

Special thanks to Carol C, Diana R & Sue, Gene B, Gloria J, & Peggy C for the excellent encampment at the Clarendon Coun...
04/27/2025

Special thanks to Carol C, Diana R & Sue, Gene B, Gloria J, & Peggy C for the excellent encampment at the Clarendon County Historical Society Museum & showing the 245th Anniversary for 1781 and what happened right here in our county. You're the best. Thanks to the families who stopped to visit. Loved sharing with you. Go see the Santee Indian Mound & try Fort Watson AR.
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Hear a call to anyone & everyone who wants to learn a bit more Rev. history by playing the roles of Rev. Patriots & fami...
03/08/2025

Hear a call to anyone & everyone who wants to learn a bit more Rev. history by playing the roles of Rev. Patriots & families & see what it took to survive 245 years ago here in the backcountry of SC.
We’ll have a Marion Camp at the Museum as part of Striped Bass Festival Super Saturday, April 26, Manning, SC. We have history clothes & tools to share.

03/08/2025
05/01/2024
More Francis Marion Camp at the Museum for 250th & Striped Bass, thanks
04/29/2024

More Francis Marion Camp at the Museum for 250th & Striped Bass, thanks

Marion Camp at the Museum for 250th & Striped Bass, thanks to Sumter ladies Diane & Penny, militiaman Ron, Judy, Gloria,...
04/29/2024

Marion Camp at the Museum for 250th & Striped Bass, thanks to Sumter ladies Diane & Penny, militiaman Ron, Judy, Gloria, Gerri, Gene, Rod & the setup helpers.

04/26/2024

While you're out enjoying the Striped Bass Festival, be sure to stop by the Clarendon County Museum & History Center on Brooks Street and explore their Mini Francis Marion Camp! Take a step back in time and see what life was like in South Carolina 250 years ago!

01/02/2024

Save the date: Come to Francis Marion Symposium - 2024 - October 18-19, Manning, SC

01/02/2024

Rob Shenk and Shane Seley of Wide Awake Films contacted us last August about permission to film our Nov. 2023 reenactment. We get lots of calls similar to this and usually give permission to film with the stipulation that some photography is shared for our own marketing and promotional use. We have....

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Swamp Fox Murals Trail
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