On Thursday, May 8, the Scots on the Go will take a tour of Penn Center, followed by lunch in historic Beaufort, SC – Register ASAP because we will need to make a bus reservation for the trip. We will leave the church at 9:30 a.m. and return at 3:00 p.m.

This historic and cultural institution is a National Historic Landmark District and comprises two of the four sites in the Reconstruction Era National Park.  For more than one hundred fifty years, Penn Center National Historic Landmark District has been at the epicenter of African American education, historic preservation, and social justice for tens of thousands of descendants of formerly enslaved West and Central Africans living in the Sea Islands, known as the Gullah/Geechee people. While there, we will have Dr. Marie Gibbs as our speaker and take a self-guided tour of the Museum and School. Founded in 1862, Penn School, established by northern missionaries, was one of the first academic schools in the South to provide a formal education for previously enslaved West Africans. We will also be able to take a short bus tour around the grounds to stop at the Brick Church. The campus of the former Penn School is one of the most significant African American institutions today. 

After the tour we will have Dutch-treat lunch in beautiful downtown Beaufort. The cost will be $55 plus lunch. We have a maximum of 23 spots on the trip, so sign up soon!