244th Anniversary Commemoration

Saturday, January 18, 2025

10:15 am Guided battlefield walk. Meet behind the Visitor Center.

10:45 am Weapons firing demonstration. Firing Range, to the right
of the Visitor Center.

11:00 am “Robes in Rebellion: The Troubled Times of Reverend
William Martin,” first person interpretive program by
Robert Ryals, Program Tent.

11:15 am Guided battlefield walk. Meet behind the Visitor Center.

11:30 am Cavalry talk. Meet at 3rd Continental Light Dragoon camp.

11.45 am Weapons firing demonstration. Firing Range, to the right
of the Visitor Center.

12:00 pm “The Life and Times of General Andrew Pickens,” Talk by
Rod Andrews, author of The Life and Times of General
Andrew Pickens, program tent.

1:00 pm “The Miseducation of Banastre Tarleton,” Talk by Andrew
Waters, author of To the End of the World: Nathanael
Greene, Charles Cornwallis, and the Race to the Dan,
program tent.

1:15 pm Guided battlefield walk. Meet behind the Visitor Center.

1:30 pm Cavalry demonstration, 1st stop on the Battlefield Trail.

1:45 pm Weapons firing demonstration. Firing Range, to the right
of the Visitor Center.

2:00 pm “Music in the American Revolution,” talk by Manley
Roberts, program tent.

2:15 pm Guided battlefield walk. Meet behind the Visitor Center.

2:45 pm Weapons firing demonstration. Firing Range, to the right
of the Visitor Center.

3:00 pm 18th Century Musical Performance by The Guilford Courthouse Fife & Drum Corps, program tent.

3:15 pm Guided battlefield walk. Meet behind the Visitor Center.

3:45 pm Weapons firing demonstration. Firing Range, to the right
of the Visitor Center.

4:00 pm Talk by Mark Anthony, “Flags of the American Revolution,”
program tent.

4:30 pm Cavalry demonstration, 1st stop on Battlefield Trail.

5:00 pm Special program in Visitor Center.

5:30 pm Lantern walks on the battlefield. Reservations
required. More information to come.

Sunday, January 19, 2025

10:00 am “Two Days to The Cowpens,” Talk by Robert Brown, author
of Kings Mountain and Cowpens: Our Victory was Complete,
program tent.

10:15 am Guided battlefield walk. Meet behind the Visitor Center.

11:00 am Divine Service with Bruce Jennings, program tent.

11:30 am Cavalry talk. Meet at 3rd Continental Light Dragoon camp.

11:45 am Weapons firing demonstration. Firing Range, to the right of the Visitor Center.

12:15 pm Guided battlefield walk. Meet behind the Visitor Center.

1:00 pm 18th Century Musical Performance by The Guilford Courthouse Fife & Drum Corps, program tent.

1:30 pm Cavalry demonstration, 1st stop on Battlefield Trail.

1:45 pm Weapons firing demonstration. Firing Range, to the right of Visitor Center.

2:00 pm “Women in the American Revolution,”, talk by Dr. Melissa
Walker, author of The Battles of Kings Mountain and
Cowpens: The American Revolution in the Southern
Backcountry, program tent.

2:15 pm Guided battlefield walk. Meet behind the Visitor Center.

2:30 pm 18th Century Musical Performance by The Guilford Courthouse Fife & Drum Corps, program tent.

2:45 pm Weapons firing demonstration. Firing Range, to the right of the Visitor Center.

3:00 pm “Music in the American Revolution,” talk by Manley
Roberts, program tent.

3:15 pm Guided battlefield walk. Meet behind the Visitor Center.

5:00 pm Visitor Center and park close.

Both Days

Park movie on the hour in the Visitor Center.
All activities are FREE!
Featured authors will be available to sign books in the Visitor Center for an hour following their respective talks.
For your safety and that of the horses, park regulations prohibit visitors from getting within 6 feet of the horses.

History Row (meet staff from other American Revolution sites and learn about these special places): Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

Children’s Activities
12:00 - 3:00 Saturday
12:00 - 3:00 Sunday

Hands-on activities for families in the Children’s Tent, behind the Visitor Center. Schedule will be posted on the chalkboard outside the Children’s Tent.

Musket drilling with dummy guns.
Saturday Sunday
1:15 1:15
2:15 2:15