The Sons of Liberty organized in Boston Massachusetts to protest the Stamp Act of 1765. The idea quickly spread across the other colonies (via Twitter?) and in 1767 they adopted a flag design of 9 vertical stripes, 5 red and four white to represent the nine protesting colonies. By 1776 all 13 colonies had joined the fight […]
Buford! Buford! Charles Bowen was about to bury his tomahawk into Col. Benjamin Campbell’s skull because he could not remember the password. One of the Buchanan boys (probably Samuel or Robert) recognized them both and intervened. Richard knew the password so I didn’t need to “See what Sweet Lips can do.” Marksman Samuel Young used […]
Just like 233 years ago, the Virginians sent a host of volunteers from the Muster Ground to catch Ferguson. With no funding from Camden or Hillsborough or Richmond and with no order from the governor, volunteers used the passwords of Buford, responsibility, commitment, work, and patriotism to gain admission. OVTA, SAR, DAR, HSWCV and friends […]
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 Kings Mountain National Battleground |
 Choates Ford |
 Rebuilt Fort Watauga Sycamore Shoals |
 Sycamore Shoals by Lloyd Benson |
 Shelving Rock Yellow Mountain |
 Burke County NC Council Oak |
 How the Patriots found their way? |
 1880 monument |