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15 Aug “Unmasking My Gullah Heritage:  A Sense of Self and Place” A presentation by Emory Campbell

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Savannah, GA (August 15, 2010) — Emory Campbell, chairman of the Gullah Geechee Corridor Commission and a board member of the Ossabaw Island Foundation,  will present “Unmasking My Gullah Heritage: A Sense of Self and Place” at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 4 at the...

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09 Apr Ossabaw Island’s Boarding House Receives Statewide Preservation Award from Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

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ATLANTA, GA (Friday, April 9, 2010) — Ossabaw Island’s Boarding House received an award for Excellence in Restoration from The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation at its 33rd annual Preservation Awards ceremony held April 9 in Rome, Georgia. The 4,000 square-foot Boarding House was built on Ossabaw...

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31 Mar Ossabaw a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Winner!

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WASHINGTON, DC (Wednesday March 31, 2010) — The Ossabaw Island Foundation and the Education Alliance has been awarded a $40,000 planning grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the interpretation of the North End Plantation site on Ossabaw Island.  This very competitive process...

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15 Mar Interiors Conservation of the Torrey West House

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OSSABAW ISLAND, GA (March 15, 2010) — The Torrey West house on Ossabaw Island, built in 1926, has remained almost unchanged in the 51 years since Nell and Henry Torrey built and furnished it.  Like the unspoiled island surrounding it, the house’s mostly untouched condition...

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09 Mar Interpreting the Gullah/Geechee Heritage in the 21st Century

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Savannah, GA (March 9, 2010) — How do you share an island and a culture without destroying it? This is the problem facing the lowcountry's unique Gullah/Geechee culture and coastal treasures like Ossabaw Island.  As part of an ongoing effort to tell the story of the...

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