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<p>From staff reports</p>
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<p>In partnership with the Tabernacle Baptist Church, The Beaufort Inn is hosting a Garden Party Movie Night in Tabby Garden from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, April 22. Although the event is free and open to the public, donations are highly encouraged as proceeds are going toward the Harriet Tubman Monument.</p>
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<p>Tabernacle Baptist Church has launched a campaign to honor Harriet Tubman with a monument for her services in Beaufort during the Civil War and for her role in a raid that freed hundreds of slaves in 1863.</p>
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<p>A sculpture depicting Harriet Tubman’s heroic ventures will sit next to the 153-year-old church on Craven Street in downtown Beaufort. Tabernacle Baptist is also the burial place of Robert Smalls, who was born a slave in Beaufort and became a Civil War hero and Congressman. A bust of Smalls is also on the church grounds.</p>
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<p>Craven Street is steeped in history. The old Beaufort Arsenal home of the Chamber of Commerce’s visitor’s center and the Beaufort History Museum is a block east of the church. To the west is the Secession House, site of many informal discussions and formal meetings during the 1850’s to discuss withdrawal from the Union.</p>
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<p>The church is discussing the $500,000 project with renowned sculptor Ed Dwight, designer of the African American History Monument at the state capitol in Columbia.</p>
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<p>The church will provide the land for the memorial and funding will come from the private sector.</p>
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<p>For more information about the Harriett Tubman Monument contact Rev. Kenneth Hodges, Pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church, at 843-525-9006 or 843-524-0376. His email address is lybensons@aol.com.</p>
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<p>Tabby Garden, located at 307 West Street, will open to the public at 7 p.m. University of South Carolina Beaufort History Professor Brent Morris will be leading 20-minute walking tours between 7 and 8 p.m., taking people by the future home of the Harriet Tubman Monument.</p>
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<p>The U.S. National Park Service will also be on-site sharing information about the Reconstruction Museum and history.</p>
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<p>There will be a cash-bar available. The movie will begin at 8 p.m.</p>
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<p>Guests are welcome to bring their own chair or blanket for lounging during the movie.</p>
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<p>For additional information and to register online for the event, please visit https://www.beaufortinn.com/harriet-movie-night/</p>
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