2026 SwordFest! - FREE ADMISSION

Folks who are not historians tend to think of warfare in terms of things that go bang – rifles, machine guns and bombs. But for most of human history, certainly since the start of the Iron Age, combat was all about the cold, sharp, naked blade. Especially the sword. That’s what the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum will be all about on Saturday, March 7 when the Columbia Mill Building will again resound to the alarming clang of steel, as sword enthusiasts from across history celebrate SwordFest 2026.