The Penn Center on St. Helena Island is home to one of the first schools for freed slaves in the country.
The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is home to a wide variety of historic places, cultural sites, community festivals and heritage tours. A list of events and sites will be added to website shortly.
Did You Know? In 1865 Andrew Johnson awarded Dr. Mary Edwards Walker with the Congressional Medal of Honor for her services during the Civil War. She remains the first and only women to receive the medal. more...