GREENSBORO, NC -- Experience living history this Independence Day, as reenactors at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park transport guests back in time to what happened after the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
The park, situated in Greensboro, was the site of a key battle in the Revolutionary War. In the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Major Nathanael Greene defended ground at Guilford Courthouse with his army of nearly 4,500 American militia and Continentals. Less than half that size, the British army -- led by Lord Charles Cornwallis -- won the battle, seven months before Cornwallis would surrender.
To commemorate the battle and the Declaration of Independence that fired up the Revolutionary War, park rangers will host a living history celebration event Monday:
Schedule:
Commemoration Ceremony - Signers Monument, Tour Stop 8
9:45 a.m. Prelude Music Guilford Courthouse Fifes & Drums
10:00 a.m. Official Commemoration Ceremony Honoring the 240th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the three North Carolina Signers.
Fourth of July Battlefield Tour - Battlefield Visitor Center 11:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Guided tour of the grounds where the Battle of Guilford Courthouse was fought
Colonial Dance Demonstrations - Colonial Heritage Center 11:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m.
Musket Demonstrations - Hoskins Farm at Colonial Heritage Center
1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Guilford Courthouse NMP volunteers will demonstrate the firing of flintlock muskets and rifles
Militia Encampment – Hoskins Farm at Colonial Heritage Center, All Day.
Members of the Guilford Militia demonstrate camp life and militia activity.
Colonial Blacksmithing – Hoskins Farm at Colonial Heritage Center, All Day.
The address for the Colonial Heritage Center is 2200 New Garden Road, Greensboro, NC 27410.
