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"The Year of Jubilee has Come" Student Art Exhibit
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Darrah Hall, Penn Center National Historic Landmark DistrictRepeating Event
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In the Spring of 2024, Reconstruction Era National Historical Park worked with art teachers around the country, and gave students the following prompt:
"The Year of Jubilee Has Come" For generations enslaved people across the South waited for the Year of Jubilee - an Old Testament tradition in which in a single year all the slaves would be freed and debts forgiven. Suddenly, in 1863 - that moment came to the Sea Islands of South Carolina. With President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the Year of Jubilee arrived. The Black men who joined the US Army in Beaufort County celebrated by having the phrase "The Year of Jubilee Has Come" stitched onto their battle flag - a reminder that they were fighting not just for their own freedom, but the freedom of millions. How would you celebrate the Year of Jubilee?
Students then created art inspired by this question. Between May 1 and July 1, 2024, visit Darrah Hall at the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District to see the students' work on display. Darrah Hall is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9 am to 5 pm.
Reservation or Registration: No
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