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Kingsley Heritage Celebration at the Kingsley Plantation

  • Kingsley Plantation 11676 Palmetto Avenue Jacksonville, FL, 32226 United States (map)

Join the National Park Service’s Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve for the Kingsley Heritage Celebration at Kingsley Plantation. The event begins at 11:00 a.m. with a kid’s craft corner, archaeology programming from Florida Public Archaeology Network, booths featuring partners such as Gullah Geechee groups and National Parks Conservation Association, open house touring of the Planter’s home, and ranger-guided tours of the tabby cabins entitled “Stories of the Silenced.” At noon, a model lime rick will be lit alongside a tabby-making demonstration. A special collection on loan from the Ritz Theater and Museum of Sweetgrass baskets will be available for viewing during the open house tours. Performances begin at 2:30 p.m. and the luminary program will start at 6:15 p.m. with a sunset reading of the names of those enslaved on Fort George Island.

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