Kings Mountain NMP

                                                             

The turn of the tide of success

Thomas Jefferson called it "The turn of the tide of success." The battle of Kings Mountain, fought October 7th, 1780, was an important American victory during the Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major patriot victory to occur after the British invasion of Charleston, SC in May 1780. The park preserves the site of this important battle

A Battle that set in motion a new direction of the revolutionary war.  The British decided to change there tactics and move the war to the Southern state's. After a series of victories they would meet a group of Mountain men that feared there way of life would be threatened. This small army won a victory that would turn an unwinnable war to a winnable war for the Americans.

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Our 91st NPS Unit


The Battlefield



Centennial Monument



The girls resting at Centennial Monument

Carl Sandburg NHS

                                                                   

"Poet of the People"

Carl Sandburg provided a popular voice for the American people of the twentieth century and still speaks to us through his words, activism, music and the beauty and serenity of Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site.

19 Sept 2013
Our first stop of the day. Not knowing much about Carl Sandburg,we got to know a humble man that grew up in hard times and became a great poet that became the voice of the common man. Mrs Sandburg was just as famous raising prize winning goat's and those descendants are still on the farm. When Mrs Sandburg left the house she left with just a few of her minor processions so the house looks like the day she left.

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Our 90th NPS Unit

The Home 

Tiger the barn cat

Descendants of Mrs Sandberg's goats 

Only 19 goats now - there were over 200 

One of many bookcases they were everywhere.

The family meet here 3 hours a day 

Cowpens NB

                                                                 

The Only Successful Double Envelopment in the American Revolution

“…our success was complete…”
  -- Daniel Morgan to Nathanael Greene, January 19, 1781

A pasturing area at the time of the battle, this Revolutionary War site commemorates the place where Daniel Morgan and his army turned the flanks of Banastre Tarleton's British army. This classic military tactic, known as a double envelopment, was one of only a few in history.

Sept 19 2013
A decisive victory for the American forces. After we took the loop trail around the battlefield we were left in wonder on how close the two armies were in combat, you could almost throw a rock at each other.

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Standing on the American line,  British Side is third tree down

Field of Battle