Mitchelville Holiday Night & Lights

229 Beach City Road,Hilton Head Island SC 29226

04 December, 2021

Description

"HOLIDAY NIGHTS AND LIGHTS" IN HISTORIC MITCHELVILLE FREEDOM PARK A Drive-through Holiday Light Experience on Hilton Head Island The cost is free, and donations will be accepted. No Tickets are Required. What: Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park celebrates the return of its annual holiday drive-through light event for 2021. Children and Adults alike will enjoy the holiday light display set amongst one of Hilton Head Island's most important historic sites. In conjunction with "Historic Holidays: A Celebration of Sea Island Traditions," Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park kicks off a week full of engaging events at Hilton Head's historic sites. This year's "Holiday Nights & Lights" event continues the popular drive-through experience Saturday, December 4- Monday, December 6, 2021, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM in Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park, 229 Beach City Road, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The cost is free, and donations will be accepted. Who: The Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization whose mission is to replicate, preserve, and sustain an historically significant site and to educate the public about the sacrifice, resilience, and perseverance of the freedmen of Mitchelville and to share the story of how these brave men and women planted strong and enduring familial roots for generations of future African-Americans. Set against the natural backdrop of Hilton Head Island, The Mitchelville Preservation Project will become the Lowcountry's jewel Civil War attraction. When: Saturday, December 4 – Monday, December 6, 2021 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Where: Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park 229 Beach City Road Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 29928 For more information about this event via our website at exploremitchellville.org or call 843-255-7301. The triumphant and touching Civil War-era story of the rise of the first self-governed settlement for freedmen in the United States took place on Hilton Head Island. In 1862 during the chaos of the Civil War, thousands of enslaved people in the coastal Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida escaped to the Union fortification seeking freedom.  They built a town named Mitchelville.  The achievements of the residents of Mitchelville were recorded for the nation to see.  While the battles raged across America, the war for freedom was won at Mithelville.  Today the direct decedents of those who settled on Mitchelville, still live and continue the traditions of their ancestors. For more information or to schedule a tour of Mitchelville visit exploremitchelville.org.