While fireworks and barbecues may mark our modern Fourth of July, echoes from America’s fight for independence still whisper through the fields, forests, and homes where patriots once stood — and where some may still remain. This Independence Day, take a detour from the ordinary and explore these haunted Revolutionary War sites where history isn’t just remembered — it’s relived.

The following written confession was submitted via email: …When I was 18 or 19 yrs old I saw something at 1 or 2 am on Skyline Drive in Virginia, just north of the swift run entrance which is on Rt 33. I went up there during that winter night to listen to distant cb traffic in my car. If I'm not mistaken it was January or February of 1991. I had not long returned home from Ft Benning Georgia after completing basic training. I had driven 1 or 2 miles north after entering the drive and did a U turn to pull off at an overlook to listen to my Cb radio…