Location
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Coordinates: 35.2837, -80.7632.
Type: Stop
Tour: Race to the Den
County: Mecklenburg
Full
The small parking lot at the coordinates is tricky to get to if you are traveling away from Charlotte on North Tryon Street (US 29). In that case, make a U-turn left at the I-85 access road, under the rail line. Then immediately cross to the right to take the first driveway off Tryon into the lot, watching for traffic turning across your path. A monument to Locke is then to your left.
Description
The British Army drove Patriot militia out of Charlotte on Tuesday, September 26, 1780. The militia