Join us at the 4th Annual Butler Island Day Commemoration which will be held on Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the Historic Butler Island Plantation (7777 Butler Island Road, Darien, Ga 31305).
This event is free and open to the public. All are invited. There will be something for everyone… food, music, storytelling and more.

We will honor the more than 900 enslaved men, women, and children, on Butler Island, who were enslaved, labored, lived, and sacrificed on this very land. Many of them were sold in Savannah at The Weeping Time Slave Sale. We will also pay tribute to the 117 children, ages 10 years old and under, who were torn from this land and family then sold off like cattle. Afterwards, they were erased from mainstream history books. Today, right now, it is up to us to ensure that these souls are no longer forgotten.

May we take this opportunity to learn from the past and come together for the healing of our nation.

This will be an outdoor event with limited seating; so, feel free to bring an outdoor chair.
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For more info: call Servant Emannu’el (229)213- 0795 and visit www.butlerislandplantation.org
Butler Island Day is made possible through a partnership with the City of Darien, McIntosh County, Dept. of Natural Resources, The Geechee Gullah Heritage Committee of Darien, Historic Saint Cyprian’s Episcopal Church, Yahshua University, BHBP News, Ben Hype Media

From Africa to America to Butler Island Plantation
“All lives, equally, should matter; and all lives will matter when Black lives matter, too”
 
        Due to Hurricane Ian we had reschedule this event to October 22, 2022.
 
On Saturday, October 22, 2022 from 11:00 a.m.--2:00 p.m., the public is invited to the Historic Butler Island Plantation to commemorate an incredible piece of American History that had nearly been forgotten—the more than 900 enslaved men, women and children who endured and persevered under the harsh chains of man's inhumanity to man.

This will be our 2nd Annual Butler Island Day Commemoration.
 
Having been turned into human property, more than 400 of these souls were then liquidated in Savannah to settle the gambling debts of Pierce Butler, becoming what is now known as “The Weeping Time”--the largest sale of human beings in America's history. We are bringing this historical event to the very home of the enslaved of The Weeping Time—the sacred ground where they walked, labored, loved and survived.
 
Speakers will include Butler Island Descendants Queen Mother Eunice Moore and Darien City Councilman and Historian, Dr. Griffin Lotson; Cultural Documentarian Servant Emannu'el Branch; and keynote historian, all the way from Ghana, West Africa—Dr. Kwesi DeGraft Hanson.
 
A local restaurant and food vendor will be onsite with a menu. This event is free to attend and includes a no-cost walking tour on Butler Island. You don't want to miss this historical moment.
 
  We encourage our guests to wear masks. Social distancing will be practiced.
Organizers: BHBP Institute and The Geechee Gullah Heritage Cultural Committee of Darien working together to bring Cultural Diversity, Education and Preservation to Butler Island.
 
Also visit www.bhbpnews.com

Join us on our First Annual Butler Island Day Commemoration and Preservation Event. Keynote speaking will be Joseph McGill founder of the Slave Dwelling Project

Butler Island Plantation
Friday October 29, 2021 there will be a historic sleepover in the Houston House on Butler Island Plantation

Saturday there will be the commemoration event beginning at 10:30 AM (EST)

Butler Island Plantation, GA
7777 Butler Island Road
Darien, GA 31305 United States + Google Map

Hosted by Servant Emannu'el Branch founder of  Yahshua University and Butler Island Day Institute in partnership with the Geechee Gullah Heritage Committee of Darien.