Historic Camden Blog

PIRATE WEEKEND 2024

June 30, 2024

THE PIRATES ARE COMING! Thursday, September 19th – Saturday, September 21st Grab your spyglass and blunderbuss and join us for a weekend of pirate adventures! WEEKEND EVENTS Photos by Mark Paine read more

WOODWORKS GUILD

June 30, 2024

We have started building the new timber framed Blacksmith Shop at Historic Camden! Timber framed construction was used throughout the 18th century and has stood the test of time. The new blacksmith shop will easily still be standing 150-years from now. WOODWORKING DATES SATURDAY AUGUST 3, 2024 8:30AM-11:30AM SATURDAY AUGUST 10, 2024 8:30AM-11:30AM SATURDAY AUGUST 17, 2024 8:30AM-11:30AM … read more

LANTERN TOUR

June 30, 2024

FOLKLORE & LEGENDS LANTERN TOUR Join us for our Folklore and Legends Lantern Tour with all new stories!! Learn about the tales…and spirts of Daniel McGirt, The Gray Lady, Baron DeKalb, the Baker/Brown Duel, and the Craven House Ghost! SATURDAY, August 24th TIME: 8:30 pm LOCATION: 222 Broad Street, Camden, SC AGES: 12 and up – This event requires some … read more

WOODWORKS GUILD

June 29, 2024

ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCING

June 29, 2024

English Country Dancing Thursday, August 22nd TIME: 6:30pm LOCATION: 222 Broad Street, Camden, SC Ages: 16 years and up / Admission: Free Before line and square dancing there was English Country Dancing. Join us at historic Mcaa’s Tavern and try out this popular Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century diversion, no experience necessary! Please wear comfortable clothes … read more

ESCAPE ROOM: A BOUNTY UPON HIS HEAD

June 29, 2024

Can you locate a notorious turncoat in time to cash in on the bounty on his head? Try our escape room! ESCAPE ROOM: A Bounty Upon His Head! Sunday, August 18th TIME: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm LOCATION: 222 Broad Street, Camden, SC COST: $25.00 Tickets are limited to eight individuals. Get your tickets soon! read more

LANTERN TOUR

June 29, 2024

FOLKLORE & LEGENDS LANTERN TOUR Join us for our Folklore and Legends Lantern Tour with all new stories!! Learn about the tales…and spirts of Daniel McGirt, The Gray Lady, Baron DeKalb, the Baker/Brown Duel, and the Craven House Ghost! SATURDAY, August 17th TIME: 8:30 pm LOCATION: 222 Broad Street, Camden, SC AGES: 12 and up – This event requires some … read more

WOODWORKS GUILD

June 28, 2024

MAKE & TAKE: CANDLEWICKING

June 28, 2024

LEARN THE ART OF CANDLEWICKING Thursday, August 15th TIME: 7:00pm – 8:30pm LOCATION: 222 Broad Street, Camden, SC COST: $15.00 Adults Only Please Join us in McCaa’s Tavern on Thursday, August 15th to try your hand at this traditional Colonial craft! Candlewicking, or candlewick is a form of whitework embroidery that traditionally uses an unbleached … read more

WOODWORKS GUILD

June 28, 2024

OPEN HOUSE / BATTLE OF CAMDEN

June 28, 2024

BATTLE OF CAMDEN 244th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION Saturday, August 10th, 2024 The Battle of Camden was one of the worst patriot defeats of the American Revolution. The main engagement lasted less than an hour, but represents 37 percent of all patriot battlefield casualties suffered in 1780. And was the demise of the Old Maryland Line as a … read more

ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCING

June 28, 2024

English Country Dancing Thursday, August 8th TIME: 6:30pm LOCATION: 222 Broad Street, Camden, SC Ages: 16 years and up / Admission: Free Before line and square dancing there was English Country Dancing. Join us at historic Mcaa’s Tavern and try out this popular Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century diversion, no experience necessary! Please wear comfortable clothes … read more

WOODWORKS GUILD

June 28, 2024

LANTERN TOUR

June 27, 2024

SATURDAY, July 27th TIME: 9:00 pm LOCATION: 222 Broad Street, Camden, SC AGES: 12 and up – This event requires some walking so please come prepared. COST: $10.00 FOLKLORE & LEGENDS LANTERN TOUR Join us for our Folklore and Legends Lantern Tours with all new stories!! Learn about the tales of Martha Lenoir, the Little White Dog, the Quaker Cannon, Young … read more

WOODWORKS GUILD

June 26, 2024

MISSION HISTORY

April 13, 2023

This podcast is not merely a retelling, but an invitation to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with history itself, to sense the pulse of bravery, and to grasp the monumental significance of those who etched liberty’s story into the chronicles of time. In season one, we begin with a story of timely importance. It’s the story of the … read more

Sickness & Survival: Kershaw House gains new medical exhibit

July 27, 2021

In commemoration of the 241st Anniversary of the Battle of Camden, August 16, 1780, Historic Camden Foundation will be opening its new exhibit on medical practices and disease during colonial and Revolutionary War era Camden. Entitled Sickness and Survival this story, sponsored by BCBS, discusses South Carolinians health and effects of disease on both the … read more

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