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Earth Day 2020
Dear Mother Earth, I love you. This year as we celebrate the 50th Earth Day, it feels unlike any other. Instead of being out hiking on trails, lounging on a beach or swimming in a lake a majority of the human race is experiencing isolation working towards flattening the curve for Covid-19 cases. However, I can’t…
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37th Annual Penn Center Heritage Days Celebration
Yesterday welcomed in the 37th Annual Penn Center Heritage Days Celebration, a three-day event dedicated to honoring Penn School, the history, and the culture of the Gullah Geechee people; bringing friends and families back to Penn Center located on St. Helena Island. Throughout the weekend, special events will take place, such as cultural demonstrations, re-enactments,…
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Ghost Stories
Abandoned Jails. Graveyards. And rituals. What could go wrong on this glorious Halloween? Today, we at Operation Adventure, wanted to celebrate Halloween by discussing the origins and dig into our roots of traveling to beautiful locations to tell incredible stories. Therefore this week’s episode of Halloween Documented presented by Operation Adventure takes us on a…
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Penn Center becomes national monument days before celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Rooted in history, nestled in the heart of marshlands, and centrally located between beautiful beaches and a thriving coastal town sits Penn Center, formally known as Penn School. Founded in 1862 by Laura Towne and Ellen Murray, Penn School was established as one of the first schools for freed African-American slaves living on St. Helena…
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