The year was 1780, and the American Revolution was now in its fifth year. Charleston had fallen to the British, American forces had crumbled at the battle of Camden, and things were looking very bleak for the cause of independence.
Then the impossible occurred!
Frontiersmen west of the Blue Ridge Mountains met at Sycamore Shoals and began a long journey, gathering an army along the way. At Kings Mountain, they destroyed British forces and turned the tide for ultimate American victory in the war. The route they took from Virginia to South Carolina, is now known as the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail. Come celebrate the gathering of the Overmountain Men, which occurred nearly 250 years ago.
The public is invited to Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 19-20 for “The Overmountain Muster,” where attendees can back in time and re-live the story of the Overmountain Men and their historic gathering at Sycamore Shoals.
On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Washington County, North Carolina Militia, the Overmountain Victory Trail Association, and an array of living history interpreters will present colonial era de...