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Have you checked out The Liberty Trail yet? The American Revolution turned towns, coasts, swamps, fields, and mountains into battlegrounds for liberty. The Liberty Trail helps you follow the footsteps of the everyday heroes who determined the fate of American independence on the battlefield and beyond.

The Liberty Trail is a website and series of smartphone apps that are free, flexible, and easy-to-use interpretive tools. Tourists, families, communities, schools, and history enthusiasts alike can use these resources to plan their journey through history. Features include:

• On-Site Digital Tours: GIS-enabled driving and walking tours to guide on-site visits, featuring exciting stories and battle actions that can be read or listened to.
• Customizable Itineraries: Interactive web maps and site recommendations to help plan trips, whether to visiting a single historic site or road tripping across an entire state.
• Creative, Flexible Content: Cutting-edge interpretation can be enjoyed at home or on the road, including never-before-seen illustrations of Revolutionary figures, up-close looks at 3D historic artifacts, and Augmented Reality experiences.

25 STATES FOR THE NATION’S 250TH

The Liberty Trail is an essential public resource for the nation’s 250th commemoration. By combining expert storytelling with practical tourism tools, The Liberty Trail helps Americans discover the extraordinary people who secured America's independence and visit the places where history happened — whether they are at home or on the road.

First founded in South Carolina in 2019, The Liberty Trail network will expand to tell the full story of the American Revolution for the nation’s 250th birthday. The American Battlefield Trust proposes to build The Liberty Trail across 25 states during the Semiquincentennial period (2025-2033), completed in phases to be ready for major battle anniversaries and events. The Liberty Trail works closely with private, municipal, and state partners to support local programming and heritage tourism goals. Eventually, the Trail will expand to other states with stories of the War of 1812 and other conflicts tied to the American Revolution, its origins, and its legacy.

Learn more about the battles and historical events that occurred in February below! Find more monthly highlights here.