228th Anniversary of the Battle at Eutaw Springs
Eutawville, SC - September 5th 2009

     This is the "Forgotten War", the battle that has for too long gone unheralded in the annals of American History.  Yet it was the bloodiest conflict of the Revolutionary War and marked the capture of one our most talented cavalry commanders, Lieutenant Colonel William Washington.  For years it has been rumored that the battlefield at Eutaw Springs had been covered by the waters of Lake Marion, but recent archeological investigations have proven otherwise.  A review of first-hand accounts written by the Battle Commanders themselves has shed new light on what actually happened that day.  On September 5, 2009, 228 years after the signal event, a group of Patriotic Organizations met to honor the memory of the brave soldiers who fought here and vied so mightily in the cause of Freedom.  In his keynote address "Liberty Lives Here", David Reuwer, Editor of the American Revolution Magazine, exhorted the attendees to continue the defense of the principles which were established by our Patriot Ancestors.

Keynote Address by David Paul Reuwer