Celebrate America 250

   Revolutionary Charleston is a privately-funded, grass-roots, volunteer organization dedicated to promoting and showcasing Charleston’s leadership role in the War for American Independence - "From First Protest to Final Victory". 

   Alternately referred to as "Charleston 250", we serve as ambassadors, thought leaders, historians, and coordinators for America's 250th Anniversary Revolutionary activities in Charleston. 

  Founded in 2018 by legacy historical organizations  and scholars in this former state-capital city, we inclusively build Charleston's Revolutionary heritage tourism infrastructure by: 

* collaboratively recognizing and showcasing Charleston's heroes, people, places, and events that helped win American Independence;

* meeting with visiting historians, scholars, and international dignitaries to provide Revolutionary Charleston history touchpoints and overview briefings;

* promoting Revolutionary Charleston research and national/international symposiums; 

* facilitating public, institutional, and tourist awareness of Charleston's major role in the War for American Independence;

* facilitating the building and connecting  of Charleston's road-to-independence story infrastructure to last beyond America's 250th Anniversary;

* facilitating, promoting, partnering with and advising Revolutionary programs and events (such as the Michael Kovats Tricentennial Commemoration with The Hungary Foundation/DAR/The Exchange "S.C's Independence Hall", Revolutionary War Victory Day Annual Commemoration, Liberty Tree Offspring Placement Program, First Fallen National Memorial Wall @ Liberty Square, and Lafayette's First Landing & State Welcome in 1777 );  

* consulting with organizations about Charleston's significant role in achieving American Independence; 

 * coordinating with other America 250 city organizations & museums on partner programs, artifact and scholar exchange (such as Peter Timothy's original Declaration of Independence broadside & Thomas Jefferson's Charlestown Liberty Tree walking stick.)

 * cooperatively "hardwiring" Charleston's great Revolutionary War historicity into the city's heritage tourism culture;

 * building the Revolutionary Charleston city-brand to put Charleston on the "must-see" War for American Independence destination roadmap included in textbooks.

   Charleston has been designated by the US Congress as one of the four America 250th Anniversary showcase cities to visit "that witnessed the assertion of American Independence"  (HR4875, US Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016).

(Charleston 250 is privately-funded and receives no taxpayer grants. 100% of funds go directly to programs and events without administration costs. Charleston 250 volunteers and partners have generated an estimated 6 million dollar tourism benefit to Charleston since 2018 and have participated in national, state and citywide Southern RevWar speaking programs.)