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Fight For the Backcountry: 253rd Anniversary of the Battle of Alamance
Sat, May 18
|Burlington
"Fight for the Backcountry" will feature a recreation of militia drills and will explore life in the backcountry in the early 1770s, as the American colonies stood on the brink of revolution.
Time & Location
May 18, 2024, 10:00 AM – May 19, 2024, 4:00 PM
Burlington, 5803 NC-62, Burlington, NC 27215, USA
About the event
Experience North Carolina's internal power struggle on the eve of revolution! On May 16, 1771, a group of backcountry farmers who called themselves "Regulators" met the North Carolina militia of Governor William Tryon in open battle.
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