Kings Mountain Remembered...

The 230th anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain is today. It was an event that shaped the course of the Revolutionary War, and turned John Sevier into a regional hero.

To mark the occasion, I have compiled some worthwhile links where you can learn more about this important historical event. Enjoy:

• Overmountain Men Re-enactors bring King’s Mountain to life - Appalachian History

• Getting the message across at King’s Mountain - Past in the Present

• Kings Mountain National Military Park - National Park Service

• King's Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain, October 7th, 1780, and the Events Which Led to It by Lyman C. Draper, Cincinnati, 1881.

• The Battle of King's Mountain: Eyewitness Accounts By Robert Dunkerly

• The Overmountain Men and the Battle of Kings Mountain - LearnNC.org

• Revolution, Memory and John Sevier's State of Franklin - The Posterity Project