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 originally shared by Thought Catalog: This happened maybe 2 years ago. It was Fourth of July night, my fiancé and I had gone out with some friends to a small country town for their fireworks show. On the way back home, we were driving down country roads. It was dark and a little creepy being surrounded by cornfields…