History Comes Alive Festival

Get ready to laugh, cry and flat out have a great time at this Festival of non-stop live history and fun for the whole family. Daily live shows are performed in costume by nationally acclaimed historical interpreters. Shows are Free!

Schedule of Events:

2:00pm: James Armistead Lafayette - Hartness Performing Arts Center, CCES

Everybody loves a good spy story. How about an American slave that volunteers to spy for the Continental Army, does such a credible job of it, he gets recruited to be a double agent for the British gaining the confidence of both General Cornwallis and traitor, Benedict Arnold?

It’s an exciting story of a bogus “runaway slave” living a dangerous life behind enemy lines ferreting out information and spreading “mis-information” that allows the American forces to triumph at the Battle of Yorktown.

Not fiction . . .  True story. . .  And you get to hear it told by Colonial Williamsburg’s Stephen Seals.

7:30pm: Steve Jobs - Tent at Greenville Tech

“Think Different” was no grammatical error. The slogan was intended to inspire a mindset in the same way one might say “think big” or “eat smart.” Steve Jobs sought equal parts beauty, function, and simplicity of design. A zealous perfectionist, Jobs tested the boundaries of creative possibility and often the patience of his collaborators. But consider the impact Steve’s ambitious explorations have had in our lives – how we function, communicate, and are entertained. In the world of Steve Jobs, stasis would be challenged and excelsior a road map. Home computing, communications, music listening, and movie magic were all revolutionized along the way. Steve Jobs wanted to know what was next. He sought this answer for 35 years and fervently investigated possibilities.