News Release

Fort Pulaski Celebrates "100 Years of Fortitude" as a National Monument October 12-13 2024

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News Release Date: August 14, 2024

Contact: Max Farley, 912-219-4233

SAVANNAH, GA – Fort Pulaski National Monument will celebrate 100 years as a National Monument with a free weekend of special programs, addresses, and performances on October 12-13, 2024. During this two-day celebration, the park will welcome state and local officials, National Park Service leadership, a variety of community and agency partners, and the public to Cockspur Island to look both back – at 100+ years of Fort Pulaski history – and forward, toward the park’s future. Fort Pulaski National Monument will be free and open to the public on both Saturday October 12 and Sunday October 13, 2024 during operating hours.

Centennial Program Schedule

Saturday October 12, 2024

Time	Program	Meeting Location
10:00 AM	Ranger Talk & Cannon Firing	Fort Pulaski Visitor Center
11:00 AM	Keynote Address, featuring NPS Southeast Regional Director Mark Faust and NPS Chief Historian Turkiya Lowe	Inside Fort Pulaski
12:00 PM	Cupcakes!	Inside Fort Pulaski
1:00 PM	3rd System Fortifications History Talk with John Weaver, author of A Legacy in Brick and Stone: American Coastal Defense Forts of the Third System, 1816-1867	Fort Pulaski Visitor Center
2:00 PM	Ranger Talk & Cannon Firing	Fort Pulaski Visitor Center
3:00 PM	"Susie King Taylor: The Rumble of Freedom From Fort Pulaski" Program with Herima Glass-Hill, founder of the Susie King Taylor Women's Institute and Ecology Center	Inside Fort Pulaski
4:00 PM	"The Slave Dwelling Project" Program, with Joseph McGill, founder of the Slave Dwelling Project	Inside Fort Pulaski
6:00 PM	Third Infantry Division Band Concert	Inside Fort Pulaski

Sunday October 13, 2024

Time	Program	Meeting Location
9:15 AM	Birding Walk with Ogeechee Audubon	Fort Pulaski Visitor Center
10:00 AM	Shorebird Nature Program with the Georgia Bight Shorebird Conservation Initiative	Fort Pulaski Visitor Center
11:00 AM	African Americans at Fort Pulaski National Historic Site, 1733–1900: A Special History Study Talk with Julie De Chantal, Associate Professor of History at Georgia Southern University	Fort Pulaski Visitor Center
12:00 PM	Fort Pulaski Walking Tour	Inside Fort Pulaski
1:00 PM	Community Showcase featuring Souls Graffiti, Lillian Grant-Baptiste, and Rooted Art by Patrice	Inside Fort Pulaski
3:00 PM	Live Animal Nature Program with Oatland Island Wildlife Center	Inside Fort Pulaski
3:30 PM	Local History Talk with Karen Wortham	Fort Pulaski Visitor Center

Throughout the day on both Saturday October 12 and Sunday October 13, park staff will offer pop-up archaeological and photographic exhibits highlighting various periods and themes from Fort Pulaski’s 195-year history. Food trucks will also be available.

Fort Pulaski National Monument is located on U.S. Highway 80, 15 miles east of Savannah. For more information, please call the visitor center during business hours at 912-219-4233, email [e-mail], visit the park website at www.nps.gov/fopu, or follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FortPulaskiNPS.