Historical Marker
A National Cemetery System
Historical marker location:
803 East National Cemetery Road, Florence, South Carolina
( Marker can be reached from East National Cemetery Road (State Road S-21-13) 0.1 miles west of Stockade Drive, on the right when traveling west.)
The Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, known as the "Swamp Fox," was from South Carolina. Marion was a skilled guerrilla fighter who used the state's swamps and forests as cover to launch surprise attacks against the British.