Columbia is home to handwritten Revolutionary War documents — and this year they’re on display.
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, USC Libraries is celebrating with “Echoes of Independence: 250 Years of Revolution and Memorialization,” a yearlong exhibit inside Hollings Library at Thomas Cooper Library.
On display: Brig. Gen. Francis Marion’s handwritten muster roll, colonial maps and letters, and some of the nation’s earliest published histories — alongside Centennial-era literature and Bicentennial pop culture that show how Americans have remembered 1776 over time.
K–12 students from around the state will be visiting on field trips, but the exhibit is free and open to the public Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
It runs through January 2027 and is a timely way to explore South Carolina’s role in America’s founding.
