Ready to explore Revolutionary War Beaufort?
Play “Revealing the Revolution,” a FREE, self-guided historical marker scavenger hunt across Beaufort County! Pick up a game brochure at any Beaufort Branch Library or Bookmobile, or download it and print from here. Visit markers, find answers, complete your sheet, win prizes! Turn in your completed gamesheet at a Branch library or mail it in. Prizes distributed by July 31, 2026!
Presented by the Beaufort County Historical Society, the Beaufort Public Library’s Beaufort District Collection, and the Beaufort County 250th Committee.
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When we think of the Revolutionary War, we often conjure up thoughts of Valley Forge and the Crossing of the Delaware. But mischief was afoot in bucolic colonial South Carolina, as well. And while Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, was creating havoc up near Charleston, others like Thomas Heyward, Jr. and William Moultrie were making history in Beaufort District.
The Beaufort County Historical Society, The Beaufort County Public Library’s Beaufort District Collection, and the Beaufort 250th Committee have combined forces to make it easy and FUN-for visitors and residents alike- to discover Beaufort’s rich Revolutionary past.
Participants simply need to pick up a Scavenger Hunt brochure from any Beaufort Branch Library (or bookmobile) and set out to find the markers listed inside. Brochures can also be downloaded and printed from here. A QR code on the front of the brochure provides a Google map of all marker location, and each marker’s text supplies the answers to questions that must be completed.
Locate 5 markers, and receive a “Revealing the Revolution Marker Hunt” car sticker. Visit 10 markers, and receive the car sticker and a beautiful commemorative coin for your efforts. Visit all 15 markers listed, and you earn the first two prizes and the chance to win the Grand Prize, a 22” X 26” framed replica of the Robert Mills 1825 map of Beaufort District. Completed game sheets can be dropped off at any Branch library, or mailed directly to the BCHS, which will send out prizes by July 31, 2026
Sample brochures will be provided to Beaufort County teachers of SC History in 8th grade and US History in 11th grade, to generate some “buzz” among students about local contributions to the American Revolution. They will be eligible to win prizes too, based on their level of participation.
Don’t like to drive? Take part in an “in-house” version of the Scavenger Hunt at each Branch Library and Bookmobile location. “Tour” the markers from the comfort of a chair with a special brochure listing 5 historical markers and the actual marker text. Participants must answer a question about each one to earn their car sticker-you don’t even need a library card to play!
Leah Roche, the Beaufort County Historical Society’s project planner, said, “This exciting program will give locals and tourists a reason to stop and absorb these historical tidbits as we all celebrate the many ways Beaufort District helped shape the Revolutionary War effort.”
