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Rising Voices: Underrepresented History
Savannah, Georgia, USA
$80.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
'Rising Voices' is a Savannah history tour highlighting underrepresented narratives and figures, such as black, native, queer, and female residents. This walking tour focuses on their lives and accomplishments in shaping Savannah's history.
- 🌍 The tour emphasizes the importance of voices often minimized or excluded from traditional histories.
- 📍 Starting point is Franklin Square, concluding at Monterey Square.
- 🗣️ Participants will learn how these individuals impacted Savannah and beyond.
- 🚶♂️ This is a walking tour; comfortable footwear is recommended.
- ❌ No specific exclusions are mentioned, but be prepared for discussions on sensitive topics.
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Rising Voices: Underrepresented History (by Walk With Me Savannah Tours)
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours
- Fully narrated interactive tour
Meeting point
We meet in Franklin Square (Montgomery St and W St Julien St intersection) in front of the Haitian Monument, 10 min before start time.
Your guide will wear a bright orange polo shirt with our logo.
If you are running late, give us a call. We will wait for late arrivals for 5 min before beginning.
Return details
We will conclude in Monterey Square, next to Count Casimir Pulaski's monument.
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Franklin SquareIn Franklin Square we will discuss how Haiti volunteered during the American Revolution, clandestine schools that operated in Savannah that taught literacy to black students while such an education was outlawed, the First African Baptist Church which houses the oldest African Baptist congregation in the country, and its role in the Underground Railroad.
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City MarketPassing through City Market, we will see Club One, the home performance venue of Lady Chablis, a Savannah LGBTQ icon. We will also see the building that was home to one of the most active markets for the selling of humans as property, which was immediately converted into a freedman's school after emancipation by some of the very people who were sold as property inside.
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Telfair AcademyWe will stop in front of Telfair Academy and discuss Mary Telfair, a woman who defied the expectations placed on her by gender roles at the time and began the legacy of preservation in Savannah.
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Wright SquareHere we will discuss the impacts of two key native figures in Savannah history: Tomochichi, chief and founder of the native Yamacraw tribe, and Coosaponakeesa (AKA Mary Musgrove) a Creek woman. Both were as instrumental in the shaping of Savannah as Oglethorpe who is considered the founder.
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Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace MuseumHere we will discuss Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the girl Scouts, as well as other unconventional female family members, and how they impacted the roles women would play in the future, and will also touch on Julliette's hearing loss.
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Chippewa SquareHere we will briefly discuss the original site of the Savannah Catholic Church, founded by the Haitian community discussed earlier. We we also discuss Susie King Taylor, a self-freed woman who served as a nurse and teacher during the Civil War, published a memoir, and opened a school for black children just off of Chippewa Square.
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Madison SquareHere we will stop in front of the Green-Meldrim house and discuss Field Order 15, as issued by General Sherman but formed and negotiated by a group of 20 black pastors and community leaders led by Garrison Frazier, how it was the birth of practical reparation efforts, and why it implementation was prevented.
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Monterey SquareHere we will discuss Jim Williams, famous from Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, but a prominent Savannah gay man who also began Savannah's entire restoration movement. We will also see the monument of Count Casimir Pulaski, and discuss his impact on the Revolution and the recent discovery that he was likely an intersex person.
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Rising Voices: Underrepresented History
Savannah, Georgia, USA
$80.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!