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Course Title: (HIS304) THE PATRIOT AND FRANCIS MARION: Fact vs Fiction

Join us as we celebrate America 250 and one of South Carolina's greatest heroes with a viewing of The Patriot, starring Mel Gibson. Gibson's character is inspired by South Carolina's most honored Revolutionary hero, Francis Marion, known as The Swamp Fox. Our session will begin with a very brief introduction to Francis Marion, the real patriot, and will conclude with a Q&A.

Participants will be encouraged to keep pen and paper ready during the movie and note aspects of the story, as told by Hollywood, that they believe are true or the result of creative license. We'll compare notes in the post-movie discussion and reveal the facts and fiction in the movie's depiction.

Course Pre-requisites
(required) OLLI Annual Membership

Course Information: HIS304 (1 seats (2%) remaining)

Schedule:

June 17, 2026

Only 30 days left to register!

Times:

03:00pm-06:30pm EDT

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Price:

Pay as you go: Member : $0.00

Instructors

Name

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David Kroese

Biography: David Kroese is one of about fifty people known to have visited all 400+ National Park Service units. He has spent thousands of hours exploring our park system, logging over 1,500 NPS site visits. David shares his enthusiasm for our park system in speaking engagements across the country, lectures on park-related themes in programs at over a dozen colleges and universities, and is currently working on his next book, Hidden Gems of America's National Park System.

Facility Detail

Center for the Arts Bldg | Room 102

Beaufort campus

805 Carteret St.

Beaufort, SC 29902

Facility Resources
Google map link to the USCB Beaufort campus Center for the Arts