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Ninety Six National Historic Site
Candlelight Tour
Lit candle infront of historic battle painting
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Lantern in front of historic battle painting

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Annual Candlelight Tour

Living History: 1:00-4:00pm
Tours begin at 7:00 pm & leave every 10 minutes
The last Tour will leave at 8:20 pm
The Visitor Center will be open 8:00 am to 9:00 pm
The Visitor Center will be open8:00 am to 9:00 pm
Last Showing of Ninety Six: A Frontier Crossroad in the Visitor Center:  8:00 pm

Spend an hour or spend the day. During the day, walk our historic trails, see our museum, historic oil paintings, gift shop, and ten minute video in our VisitorCenter. See reenactors display their skills around the historic cabin from 1-4pm and kids can learn to dip candles. Then stay for the Candlelight Tour at night. 

Guided tours proceed along the one-mile historic trail, which is illuminated by the soft glow of candlelight and torchlight. Along the way, costumed volunteers portray Colonial citizens and soldiers who tell stories of peace and war at old Ninety Six in the 1700’s. The haunting sounds of musket fire and fife & drums in the darkness will help you relive an exciting period of this frontier outpost. 

Additional parking will be available. Please bring a flashlight & wear comfortable walking shoes.

Reservations are not necessary. Tickets will only be available the day of the event. When you arrive, get your tickets at the Information Tent located by the main parking area. 

Scout groups or groups of 30 or more, please email or call the park (864) 543- 4068 by Wednesday, October 8 to register. 

All donations are used for events within the park. There is no charge to attend the activities, however, donations are accepted.

Reminder poster.

News release.

 

Watch a VIDEO of the 2007 event or click on the slideshows below to view pictures of past events.

 

 

Watch a new video of our

2007 Candlelight Tour

 
 
 
 
fooprints
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Footprints

Take a walk back into History!

 

 

 

Maham Tower  

Did You Know?
During the Siege of Ninety Six, Patriots built a Maham Tower. Sharpshooters were able to fire into the Loyalist held Star Fort. The Loyalists tried to burn the tower but it was made of green wood & would not burn. The original was 30 ft tall, but our replica at Ninety Six NHS is only 10 ft tall.

Last Updated: August 23, 2008 at 14:53 EST