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The city features a statue of General Marion in the town square, and has a museum which includes many artifacts related to Francis Marion; the Marion High School mascot is the Swamp Fox. Francis Marion University is located nearby in Florence County, South Carolina. The Swamp Fox is a wooden roller coaster located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The siege of Fort Motte was a military operation during the American Revolutionary War.A force of Patriots led by General Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion and Lt. Colonel "Light Horse" Harry Lee set out to capture the British post at Fort Motte, the informal name of a plantation mansion fortified by the British for use as a depot because of its strategic location at the confluence of the Congaree ...
Marion Township is one of fourteen townships in Shelby County, Indiana.As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,923 and it contained 867 housing units. [4]Marion Township was named for Francis Marion, an army officer during the American Revolutionary War, known as the Swamp Fox.
This list of museums in Indiana is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The breed was used during the American Revolution by many of the irregular forces of Francis Marion, nicknamed the "Swamp Fox". [6] The swamp savvy of the Marsh Tacky may have given Marion's forces an advantage, as British cavalry mounted on larger European breeds were not as easily able to maneuver in the dense lowland swamps. [4]
Marion is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Indiana, United States, along the Mississinewa River. [4] The population was 28,310 as of the 2020 census.It is named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War.
In 1971, Dennis and his brothers bought the Owens farm at 1674 Owens Road, five miles south of Marion. It originally was owned by John Owens in the late 1870s.
The Swamp Fox, a 1959-1961 Disney-produced television series about Francis Marion; Swamp Fox (roller coaster), located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.S. 157th Fighter Squadron, a unit of the South Carolina Air National Guard 169th Fighter Wing; Thames Valley Rugby Football Union, North Island, New Zealand