Dedication Of A Marker Commemorating The 1780 Siege of Charleston

For Immediate Release, May 2010

A new marker is going up in Marion Square in downtown Charleston on Wednesday, May 12th. At 12:00 pm, on May 12th, the public is invited to attend an unveiling ceremony in Marion Square. Speakers at the dedication will include Carl Borick, Assistant Director of the Charleston Museum, and the leaders of the local and state Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution. Re-enactors will be in attendance at the ceremony as well. A small reception is planned following the dedication and book signings by local authors Carl Borick and Mary Coy.

May 12th marks the 230th Anniversary of the Surrender of Charleston, one of the largest defeats for the Patriots in the War, but the beginning of the end for British rule in the colonies. Over 500 American and British troops fell in the area between Spring and Calhoun Streets in downtown Charleston, and this marker serves as a reminder of their sacrifice and will hopefully bring attention to this often overlooked era in Charleston’s history.

The marker is made through the South Carolina State Historic Marker Program, and is funded generously through the MGen William Moultrie Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, the State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and the State Society of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. It is being placed with the permission of the Washington Light Infantry/Sumter Guards Board of Officers, owners of Marion Square.

For more information, call Mark Maloy at (703) 209-1165, or email at markbmaloy@gmail.com