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KINGS MOUNTAIN NATIONAL MILITARY PARK

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Sporting Life

Sporting Life

2625 Park Rd | Blacksburg

Kings Mountain National Military Park commemorates a pivotal moment in the Revolutionary War when patriots celebrated their first significant victory.

Today, you can learn about the event that took place years ago through exhibits, videos, walking a battlefield trail and more.

Revolutionary War Visitor Center

212 Broad St | Camden

The Revolutionary War Visitor Center tells the powerful story of the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War.

The center is a gateway to the history that can be discovered in Camden and Kershaw County.

African American History

AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER OF CAMDEN

517 York St | Camden

BONDS CONWAY HOUSE

811 Fair St | Camden

CLINTON MEMORIAL CEMETERY

110 Clinton School Rd | Lancaster

SOUTHERN AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER

125 Kershaw St | Cheraw

DIZZY GILLESPIE MEMORIAL & STATUE

321 Market St | Cheraw

Dizzy Gillespie, a Cheraw native, was a profound American jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader. He was born in Cheraw in 1917 and has been celebrated for many years.

Want to hear him jam?

Scan this QR code to listen to him play.

LANCASTER’S

WALL OF FAME

101 S. Main St | Lancaster

On the corner of Dunlap and Main Street in Downtown Lancaster is a mural painted by an unknown artist that honors community natives. Those displayed include Andrew Jackson, U.S. astronaut Charles Duke, and actress and Broadway star Nina Mae McKinney, one of the first African American leading actresses in Hollywood.

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