Friday, Jun 1, 2007
National Park Service News Release
On June 14, 1932, the Federal Government dedicated the US Monument at Cowpens National Battlefield Site. On Saturday, June 16, 2006, Cowpens National Battlefield will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the monument’s dedication with a battlefield walk at 2:00, a wreath-laying at the monument and a program on the park’s development at 3:30. At 4:00 p.m., the park will hold a premiere of the new video, Cowpens: A Battle Remembered, filmed during the 225th anniversary reenactment of the battle in January 2006. Reenactors are encouraged to attend in uniform. Light refreshments will follow.
The Americans and the British fought the Battle of Cowpens on January 17, 1781. The American Army of mostly volunteers defeated the British Army of regular soldiers in 30 minutes or less. To preserve the site of this important victory, both the Daniel Morgan and the Battle of Cowpens chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution supported 12 bills introduced to Congress between 1902 and 1924. Finally, on March 4, 1929, President Hoover signed a bill into law, authorizing Cowpens National Battlefield Site. The Daniel Morgan Chapter of the DAR and Cherokee County raised money to buy one acre of land where a monument could be erected, and they deeded it to the Federal Government. The US Monument was unveiled in April 1932 and was dedicated on June 14, 1932.
Cowpens National Battlefield protects and preserves the battlefield where the Americans and the British fought on January 17, 1781. The park is located 3 miles east of Chesnee, 10 miles west of Gaffney, and 17 miles north of Spartanburg at the intersection of Highways 110, 11, and 221-A. For more information, call (864) 461-2828, or visit the park website at www.nps.gov/cowp/.
Ninety miles southeast of Cowpens National Battlefield is Ninety Six National Historic Site, site of the first Revolutionary War battle in the South and of the longest siege of the American Revolution. For more information on Ninety Six National Historic Site, call the park at (864) 543-4068 or visit the park’s website at www.nps.gov/nisi/.
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