The Second Annual Lazaretto Day Commemoration will be held on Saturday, March 25th from Noon to 6 at Memorial Park on Tybee. “Lazaretto” means Quarantine. Tybee’s Lazaretto was built due to the frequent importation of enslaved people to Savannah via Transatlantic Slave Trade. Enslaved ancestral bodies lay in unmarked graves at the Lazaretto. The event will include a ceremony, art, music & food. History Program 3-4pm. For more information go to https://tybeemlk.org/
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