Gullah-Geechee Culture Special Program

Event Details

On Saturday, September 9, 2017 at 1 pm Sharon Cooper-Murray will present a special program on the Gullah-Geechee culture at the Fort Moultrie Visitor Center. She will introduce the audience to the Gullah language by using a storytelling format with Gullah language and the English translations. This event is made possible with financial assistance from Eastern National, the park’s museum store, and the South Carolina Humanities Council. Park entrance fees, $3 for adults and $1 for senior citizens, will apply for this program.

Sharon Cooper-Murray is a native of South Carolina raised in Florence County. After attending college in Tennessee, she returned to South Carolina. When she arrived on Wadmalaw Island, she heard the Gullah language for the first time and was fascinated by the tone and rhythm of this Creole language. That experience sparked the beginning of what has become her life-long passion: the Gullah culture, their stories, folk music, crafts, food ways, religious folkways, and their way of life. She has traveled throughout the east coast of the United States as an advocate of the preservation, conservation and development of the culture through workshops, lectures, storytelling, special events and artist in residency programs.

Fort Moultrie is located at 1214 Middle Street, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina. The site is administered by the National Park Service as a unit of Fort Sumter National Monument. Fort Moultrie represents the entire history of static seacoast defense in the United States, from the American Revolution to the end of World War II. The site is open daily from 9:00-5:00 and includes a visitor center with museum exhibits and orientation film.

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