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| 1926 Moores Creek is established as a national battlefield in Currie, NC. The 88-acre park commemorates the decisive February 27, 1776 victory by 1,000 Patriots over 1,600 Loyalists at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge. The colony of North Carolina voted to declare independence from the British less than seven weeks after the victory at Moores Creek. 1936 |
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