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Commemoration of the Battle Guilford Courthouse
Guilford Courthouse
2332 New Garden Road
Greensboro, NC USA
Friday, March 15, 2024, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
Category: NATIONAL SPONSORED EVENT

TBC: March 15th, 2024, Friday (11:00 am) – Commemoration of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Greensboro, NC
Event Level: National
Host/POC:  NCSSAR / Danny Murray at [email protected]
Location:  Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, 2332 New Garden Rd, Greensboro, NC.
Firing Event: Yes (safety oversight by the National Park Service)
Event Color Guard Commander: Collins.
Details: The battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina on March 15, 1781, proved pivotal to the American victory in the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). Although British troops under Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805) scored a tactical victory at Guilford Courthouse over American forces under Major General Nathanael Greene (1742-86), the British suffered significant troop losses during the battle. Afterward, Cornwallis abandoned his campaign for the Carolinas and took his army into Virginia instead. In October of that year, he surrendered to General George
Washington (1732-99) following the Battle of Yorktown, the last major land battle of the war.