NC's Route to Victory in the Revolution
About this Event
In 1781, North Carolina became critical to the fight for Independence. The patriot Continental Army was led by brilliant Commissioned Officers such as Nathanael Greene, Daniel Morgan, Light Horse Harry Lee, William Washington and John Eager Howard who came from other states to fight in the Carolinas at the head of highly trained Continental infantry and cavalry and brave southern militia. They outfought and outmaneuvered the British Army for two critical months from mid-January to mid-March and achieved a vital link to the British surrender at Yorktown six months later.
Friday August 7
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
Friday, August 7: Welcome & Presentation of Colors
Panel Discussion
Info: Panel Discussion re: Conserving Revolutionary War Battlefields moderated by Dr. Troy Kickler, a historian who serves as the chief staff person for the NC General Assembly’s Committee on the Semiquincentennial
Presentation about Life as a Revolutionary era soldier
Keynote Speaker: Zachary Deibel
Info: Keynote by Dr. Zachary Deibel , Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia
In 2025 , Professor Deibel was awarded a Library Research Fellowship at the American Revolution Institute of the Society of Cincinnati in Washington, DC
His keynote address will be based on the research that he did at the Society for his in-progress University of Virginia Press book about the effect of the Revolution on the development of political thinking in the fledgling United States
🕑: 12:00 PM
Lunch at the Tavern at West Bend
Saturday August 8
🕑: 08:15 AM
Saturday, August 8 at The Tavern At West Bend , 5394 Williams Road Lewisville
Host: Shallow Ford State Historic Site on the Yadkin River
Info: Re-enactment at Shallow Ford State Historic Site on the Yadkin River. Opportunity to see and visit the historic Shallow Ford and Great Wagon Road with re-enactment by the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers re-enactors group which will include a re-enactment of British soldiers crossing the Yadkin at the Shallowford weather and water level permitting. Arrive at the address given no later than 8:15 am so that all can make their way to the Shallow Ford to see the re-enactment at 8:45 or 9:00 am . It is a half–mile walk on dirt farm roads to the Ford , so wear walking shoes and bring a walking stick if you have one. Motorized transportation will be provided for those unable to walk that distance.
🕑: 11:30 AM
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Wayne Lee
Info: Keynote address at 11:30 am at the Tavern at West Bend by Dr. Wayne Lee, Bruce Carney Distinguished Professor of History at UNC-Chapel Hill, and 2025-2026 Charles Boal Ewing Chair of Military History at the US Military Academy at West Point. Dr. Lee has published a number of history books including Barbarians and Brothers: Anglo-American Warfare 1500-1865 (Oxford University Press).
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