The US Revolutionary War is known for the battles and resistance in the northern colonies. Boston, New York, and Philadelphia are the places most written about.

Carolina (north and south) were the scenes of constant fighting. There were as many supporters of the British crown as there were revolutionaries. The British usually seemed to have come out on top most times. Large numbers of British troops were kept here freeing  up the northern colonies armies which eventually ended the war.

This porch, exactly as seen below, was important to that effort.

The Marquis de Lafayette hid here before joining Washington’s staff. The British were searching northern ports where he was expected to land. Instead he came to the US through little Georgetown Landing.

Francis Marion, Swamp Fox, came here to rest after skirmishes. His militia tied up General Cornwallis enough to allow Washington to move against New York. Marion is known as the father of modern guerrilla warfare. (Mel Gibson played him in the film ‘The Patriot’)

And finally after the country was founded George Washington went to this rural plantation acknowledging the local militia that had helped him. The southern campaign here may have been more brutal than the US Civil War.

It’s very cool to know they all sat on this porch, of course I’m pretty sure I was the only one in a rocker with a ham sandwich.