On Carolina Day, June 28, Dennis Chastain will present a rare Revolutionary War era slideshow at 3 p.m. at the Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library in Easley. This presentation is sponsored by the Pickens County 250 Committee.

“While the Carolina Day celebration in Charleston is a time-honored tradition celebrating the miraculous Patriot victory at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island, it is only one part of the largest untold story of the Revolutionary War,” said Chastain.

The attack on Fort Moultrie was actually part of a hastily thrown together, ill-advised, three-part plan by the British to regain control of the South Carolina colony in one fell swoop, said Chastain. The other two components of the plan were to incite a slave insurrection along the coast and to employ their Cherokee allies to attack the backcountry settlers of both Carolinas and Virginia, all at or about the same time.

The Patriot response to these Indian attacks consisted of a massive, three-pronged attack on the Cherokee Territory all of the way from South Carolina to Tennessee. That scorched earth campaign devastated the Cherokee, and, the following year, they ceded all of what is now Greenville, Pickens, and Oconee Counties. And it all started right here in Pickens County with the Battle of Esseneca near Clemson. Come hear and see the details of this compelling story from someone who has researched the topic for nearly a decade.

Due to the seating capacity, anyone interested in attending must RSVP to Carolyn Nations at clbradley214@gmail.com.