Tuesday evening Meg & I headed to Gaffney, to Henry L Jolly Park, for the annual presentation by the Overmountain Victory Trail’s Association on the anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain. Normally it is held at Kings Mountain National Military Park, but due to Covid restrictions by the NPS, it was moved to this lovely city park in Gaffney. They present it every year, and I have never been, but this year we made it happen. They just did such an excellent job. The reenactors were just spot on in their presentations – I loved it. This is the man who was portraying the preacher who traveled with the men from Abingdon to Kings Mountain, and who preached a sermon for them the day before the battle. He did a great job of showing the ways of an old mountain preacher. Very cool.
There were a few women in the group, and we really enjoyed talking with this lady after the program. There were probably 18 or 20 reenactors there, and she said that most all could trace their family heritage to the Battle of Kings Mountain – although they came from all over the country, which was pretty cool. She was very informative about the role women played during the Revolutionary War, so we enjoyed hearing that. And she said that in normal years they present their program to many groups of school children as they travel the route from Abingdon to Kings Mountain, but of course this year that just wasn’t possible. So glad we got to see one of their few performances.
