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Abbeville’s Hidden Revolutionary Past | Charleston News
Beneath the overgrown kudzu in Abbeville, South Carolina, historians are uncovering a forgotten Revolutionary War past—digging up foundations, bricks, and stones that reveal a town far more strategically vital than its Civil War reputation suggests. They’re even hunting for the lost site of Fort Pickens, while stories like that of teen John McCord, who served as a bodyguard for Andrew Pickens, bring the past to life. Local leaders like Anna Lagrone are thrilled to rewrite Abbeville’s historical narrative, proving that history isn’t buried—it’s just waiting to be unearthed. Support the…
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