Swamp Fox Highland Games and Celtic Festival
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The Columns Plantation 5001 Rankin Plantation Road, Florence, South Carolina 29506
The Swamp Fox Highland Games is a celebration of Celtic culture and history. It is a fundraiser for Heaven’s Hope Home for medically fragile children.
Whether spectating or participating, The Highland Games are a unifying rite of passage for any Scot. Amidst the vast ocean of tartan, bagpipes and clans, sits a cultural event steeped in skill, tradition and community.
Countries across world, not only in Scotland, partake in these games, which include heavyweight events like the caber toss, stone put and the Scottish hammer throw. Many adhere to the thought that the Games originated as a type of war game or as a means of sifting through the ranks as a means of finding the best candidates to serve the clan chieftains, both of which focus on strength, agility, and to some degree, entertainment.