Historic Performance Events

12/21/2025

The passion and commitment this team brings to interpretation and preservation is remarkable!!! Here’s to another great year!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our staff to you! We had another wonderful, successful year! Thank you to everyone who came out for a program, festival, school field trip, summer camp, wedding, canoe rental or just to get your steps in. We hope you have a safe holiday season and can’t wait to show you what we have in store for 2026!

12/21/2025

Check this out!!

🚗Hitting the road for the holidays? Add a little adventure to your drive with the new Francis Marion Trail App.

⚔Explore 14 Revolutionary War sites, uncover the secrets of the Swamp Fox, and turn your road trip into a journey through South Carolina’s heroic past. 👪Perfect for families, history lovers, and anyone who enjoys a good story along the way!

Make your miles more memorable✨ Discover the trail and download the app (🔗 in our bio)!

12/21/2025

Thank you Berkeley 250 and all the SC 250 team for giving us a sold out audience for Her Majesty’s Tree! What a great audience! The stage was delightful and the people at the Moncks Corner United Methodist Church really were so kind and supportive!

12/16/2025

As a reminder, friends, the show is tomorrow! Call to reserve your tickets and your dinner!

🎄Holiday Dinner Theater in Moncks Corner – Revolutionary-Era Christmas! 🎄

Step back in time and celebrate the season with a special live performance of "Her Majesty’s Christmas Tree" presented by Christy Pleasant of Historic Performance Events and sponsored by the Berkeley 250 Francis Marion Commission.

📅 Wednesday, December 17, 2025
🕠 5:30 – 7:30 PM

📍 The Moncks Corner United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
200 N. Live Oak Drive
Moncks Corner, SC 29461
(Parking in MCUMC Church Street parking lot)

🍽️ Catered Dinner Buffet: 5:30 – 6:15 PM
🎭 Live Performance: 6:30 – 7:00 PM
📸 Q&A + Photos: until 7:30 PM

📖 Hear the true story behind the first Christmas tree—a mother’s gift of love to her 15 children that inspired a beloved holiday tradition still celebrated today.

🎟️ Tickets:
Per Adult: $25
Per Child (ages 5–18): $10

📞 RSVP Required – Seating is Limited:
Call (843) 761-8547 to reserve your spot!

✨ A perfect family-friendly evening of history, holiday cheer, and community. Don’t miss it!

12/05/2025

🎄Holiday Dinner Theater in Moncks Corner – Revolutionary-Era Christmas! 🎄

Step back in time and celebrate the season with a special live performance of "Her Majesty’s Christmas Tree" presented by Christy Pleasant of Historic Performance Events and sponsored by the Berkeley 250 Francis Marion Commission.

📅 Wednesday, December 17, 2025
🕠 5:30 – 7:30 PM

📍 The Moncks Corner United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
200 N. Live Oak Drive
Moncks Corner, SC 29461
(Parking in MCUMC Church Street parking lot)

🍽️ Catered Dinner Buffet: 5:30 – 6:15 PM
🎭 Live Performance: 6:30 – 7:00 PM
📸 Q&A + Photos: until 7:30 PM

📖 Hear the true story behind the first Christmas tree—a mother’s gift of love to her 15 children that inspired a beloved holiday tradition still celebrated today.

🎟️ Tickets:
Per Adult: $25
Per Child (ages 5–18): $10

📞 RSVP Required – Seating is Limited:
Call (843) 761-8547 to reserve your spot!

✨ A perfect family-friendly evening of history, holiday cheer, and community. Don’t miss it!

11/30/2025

Great moments Saturday with the South Carolina 250 and the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Carolina University!!

11/30/2025

Had so much Saturday!

11/15/2025

Such a joy to see this lovely film please enjoy it, my friends!

Archibald Rutledge was born October 23, 1883 in McClellanville, South Carolina. He grew up at Hampton Plantation on the South Santee River. In 1904, Rutledge...

11/15/2025

This engraving from the old The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon has inspired South Carolina linens to share wonderful stories about their ancestors who served with the venerated General Francis Marion. If you have ancestors that serve with France, Marion and have stories passed down in your family or saved in letters, etc.

Please email me at my website website [email protected] and share it with me!

19th century engraving titled "Marion's encampment on the P*eDee" [P*e Dee].