CHARLES TOWN RALLIES AT THE LIBERTY TREE

Posted By Bill Payer on Aug 2, 2020 | 0 comments


Here’s another (15 so far) of Brian Hicks’ Post & Courier columns celebrating 350 years of Charleston history.

“Cannon fire echoed across the Charles Town peninsula, the militia marched through the streets … and Christopher Gadsden led his mechanics to victory at Robert Dillon’s tavern.

In the spring of 1766, word reached the city that Parliament had repealed the hated Stamp Act, launching the greatest celebration Charles Town had seen in years.”

READ THE ENTIRE COLUMN HERE

LINKS TO ALL 15 (so far) HICKS COLUMNS CELEBRATING CHARLESTON’S 350TH BIRTHDAY

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