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The Battle of Cowpens was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War fought on January 17, 1781, near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina. American Patriot forces, estimated at 2,000 militia and regulars under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan faced 1,000 British troops under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton .
Cowpens National Battlefield is a unit of the National Park Service just east of Chesnee, South Carolina, and near the state line with North Carolina. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It preserves a major battlefield of the American Revolutionary War.
Jan. 2025 holiday schedule: MLK Jr. Day, Inauguration Day, day of mourning, National Days. When is Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025? Martin Luther King Jr. Day occurs on Monday, Jan. 20.
Battle of Cowpens Reenactment, 225th anniversary, January 14, 2006. The National Military Park line, including early battlefield monuments, began in 1781. Between 1890 and 1933 the War Department developed it into a National Military Park System. In 1933, there were twenty areas, 11 National Military Parks and 9 National Battlefield Sites.
As of Jan. 1, 2025, several iconic books and characters are now freely available for public use, from Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" to the original Popeye. List of popular intellectual ...
Normally, the U.S. recognizes 11 federal holidays, but Inauguration Day will make the list in 2025. It will only be a holiday for federal employees in Washington, D.C., and certain federal offices.
The Cowpens-Guilford Courthouse Campaign University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002, ISBN 0-8122-1832-9. Hairr, John. Guilford Courthouse Da Capo Press, 2002, ISBN 0-306-81171-5. Konstam, Angus. Guilford Courthouse 1781: Lord Cornwallis's Ruinous Victory Osprey Publishing, 2002, ISBN 1-84176-411-6. Lumpkin, Henry.
Francis, celebrating the 12th Christmas of his pontificate, presided at a solemn Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and opened the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, which the Vatican expects will ...