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Category: Waxhaw

The Battle of the Waxhaws: A Turning Point in American Revolutionary History and the 2024 Reenactment Weekend

April 30, 2025 Katlin Dobbins Leave a comment

The Battle of the Waxhaws is a significant, yet often overlooked, event in the American Revolutionary War. Taking place on…

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Posted in: Events, History, HOME PAGE FEED, Waxhaw
Corn on Walkup Road

Where was a Revolutionary War Battle fought in Waxhaw?

July 2, 2017 Museum of the Waxhaws 2 Comments

The Waxhaw’s Colonial Settlement Long before Waxhaw was a town, it was part of the colonial “Waxhaws Settlement,” which encompassed…

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Posted in: History, Waxhaw
Overhead Bridge

Symbols of a Small Town

June 24, 2017 Museum of the Waxhaws

By Penny Niven for the 1967 edition of The Wisackyola Historical Festival Review, Waxhaw, NC We used to vie for the…

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Posted in: Events, History, Waxhaw Filed under: History, Overhead Bridge, Water Tank, Waxhaw
Waxhaw Road

Where is this Waxhaw Road?

June 18, 2017 Museum of the Waxhaws 2 Comments

Would you expect to find the name Waxhaw or Waxhaws anywhere other than in Union County, NC or Lancaster County,…

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Posted in: Families, History, Waxhaw

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