SC museum house offers Revolutionary tours

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SC museum house offers Revolutionary tours
June 18, 2009
The State

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- You might call it revolutionary. The Charleston Museum's Heyward-Washington House will offer tours with a focus on the Revolution on Thursdays during July.

President George Washington stayed at the home of Thomas Heyward Jr. during his Charleston visit in 1791. But the national historic landmark in Charleston's historic district was significant in the earlier Revolutionary War.

Heyward had the house built in 1772. He was one of four South Carolinians who signed the Declaration of Independence, and he also served under Gen. William Moultrie during the Revolution.

Heyward was captured when the British captured Charleston in 1780. He was exiled to Saint Augustine and exchanged the following year.