Quaker Meadows
1780 - Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Charles McDowell House, Quaker Meadows Cemetery, Old Burke County Courthouse, “Charters of Freedom” replica display of America’s Founding Documents,
Burke County History Museum and more.
Morganton, North Carolina
A year-round museum of the Historic Burke Foundation. Annual patriotic celebrations at the restored 1812 Charles McDowell House overlooking Quaker Meadows were 1,400 backcountry militiamen mustered on Sept. 30, 1780 in their pursuit of British Major Patrick Ferguson and his loyalist army during a pivotal moment in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. Annual educational programming on site for all county students.