MIDWAY — More than 100 people gathered alongside Jones Creek on Monday for the official ribbon cutting of the Susie King Taylor Freedom Park, a new site dedicated to preserving local history and honoring a significant, yet long-overlooked, Georgia figure.
The morning ceremony brought together community leaders, historians, educators, and residents to celebrate the park’s opening on Isle of Wight – both the birthplace and the site where Susie King Taylor, a Civil War nurse, educator, and author, escaped slavery as a teenager.
April 13 marks the anniversary of the day Taylor escaped enslavement 164 years ago, while April 12 marks the 165th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War…