On Wednesday, May 29, Congressman Jody Hice (R-GA) hosted National Park Service Acting Director Dan Smith for a tour of the Kettle Creek Battlefield, the site of the only significant patriot ...

ATLANTA – The Kettle Creek Battlefield in Wilkes County is now an “affiliated area” of the National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Rep Jody Hice, R-Greensboro, announced Monday. Then-Secretary of the ...

The annual commemoration of the Revolutionary War's Battle of Kettle Creek will be held this year Feb. 7-9 in Wilkes County. ... where a 12.5-acre park was established in 1900 to preserve the site.

The annual event is hosted by the Kettle Creek Battlefield Association, which has been on a mission in recent years to expand the battle site already established as a 12.5-acre park in 1900.

For centuries following the Feb. 14, 1779, battle at Kettle Creek, stories passed down through the generations pitted 350 Patriots against 700 Loyalists on only 12 acres of land.