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Feb 16

SwordFest comes schwinging back on March 7!

Here they come again, descending in hordes upon Columbia! Pirates! Soldiers from past centuries! Martial arts fighters! Modern sport fencers! Medieval knights in full armor! Jedi knights from a whole other galaxy! Hear their battle cries, and the schwinging and clanging of their cold steel blades! There are even kids... read more →
  • February 16, 2026
Feb 13

Finding battlefields in the earth beneath us

The American Revolution is very much in the air these days, as we are reminded of what happened 250 years ago. And in many, many places in South Carolina, it’s also in the ground beneath us. Not just spent ammunition, uniform buttons, and other detritus of battles, as fascinating as... read more →
  • February 13, 2026
Feb 13

Battlefields in the earth beneath us

The American Revolution is very much in the air these days, as we are reminded of what happened 250 years ago. And in many, many places in South Carolina, it’s also in the ground beneath us. Not just spent ammunition, uniform buttons, and other detritus of battles, as fascinating as... read more →
  • February 13, 2026
Jan 29

‘Tunnel Rat’ to speak at Richland Library

Vietnam veteran C.W. Bowman has fascinated audiences at the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum several times with lectures about his war experiences. Last year, in an offsite program at the public library in West Columbia, he drew the largest audience ever for the museum’s Noon Debrief series.... read more →
  • January 29, 2026
Jan 15

The good, the bad and the ugly about ‘Light-Horse Harry’ Lee

He was the father of Robert E. Lee. And so much more. Mike Burgess, an outspoken, award-winning high school history teacher, will deliver a free lecture about Revolutionary War hero Henry Lee III at the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum at noon on Friday, Jan.30, 2026. His... read more →
  • January 15, 2026
Dec 29

Cowpens, where the Patriots beat Tarleton

The year 1780 had seen mostly bad news for the Patriot cause in South Carolina. The British captured one American army in May at the siege of Charleston. The redcoats later defeated another American army at Camden. A victory of Patriot militiamen at Kings Mountain in October had bought time,... read more →
  • December 29, 2025
Nov 19

Learn about German POWs in South Carolina

You've seen movies about Americans in German POW camps during World War II -- "The Great Escape," "Stalag 17," and so forth. But did you know that more than 8,000 German – and Italian -- prisoners were held right here in South Carolina during that global conflict? A network of... read more →
  • November 19, 2025
Nov 12

34th Annual Toy Soldier Show is Saturday, Nov. 15

Heads up! Our latest intelligence indicates that tiny armies are scheduled to invade Columbia on Saturday. They will establish a beachhead at S.C. Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum. There’s nothing we can do to stop them, so the best strategy is just to go to that location and welcome... read more →
  • November 12, 2025
Nov 10

Learn more about the sinking of HMT Rohna

You’ve heard about Pearl Harbor, where 2,403 American servicemen – including 1,177 aboard the USS Arizona alone – perished on Dec. 7, 1941. You may even have heard of Exercise Tiger off the British coast, in which at least 749 Americans were killed while simply training for D-Day. But have... read more →
  • November 10, 2025
Oct 29

Storing the treasures of military history

Most people have problems storing all the stuff they’ve collected over the years – unless they’re the types who are able to ruthlessly throw most of it away. But your storage challenges probably don’t compare to those faced by the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, which would... read more →
  • October 29, 2025