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2024 Historic Tours
2024 Zion Cemetery & Baynard Mausoleum Costumed Cemetery Tour
Zion Cemetery & Baynard Mausoleum Costumed Cemetery Tour
When: Tuesdays at 10:30am from April 16, 2024 - October 15, 2024
The Island’s history comes to life every Tuesday at 10:30 am at Zion Cemetery & Baynard Mausoleum with this trip back in time, featuring costumed tour guides sharing fascinating stories of Hilton Head Island’s past. Visit the gravesites of four Revolutionary War heroes and find out about the bloody skirmish that was fought just steps away. Explore the island’s oldest structure and learn about the planters who built it. You’ll learn their stories of the Colonial era on Hilton Head Island and more as you tour one of the island’s most intriguing sites.
Cost: $10 Members; $12 Non-Members
Children 12 and under are free with adult ticket
Where: This tour is located at the Zion Cemetery, 574 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island
Registration required, visit heritagelib.org/tours
2024 Historic Fort Mitchel Tours
Ft Mitchel in Hilton Head Plantation, a site on the National Register of Historic Places
When: Thursdays, at 10:30am from April 18, 2024 - October 17, 2024*
Immerse yourself in the fascinating Civil War history of Hilton Head Island with a visit to Fort Mitchel. The site contains the remains of a coastal defense battery erected in 1862 to protect the Port Royal Sound by way of Skull Creek from incursions by Confederate gunboats based in the Savannah River. Costumed characters and an expert tour guide will demonstrate the vital historic importance of this place and the role the fort and its namesake, General Mitchel, played in shaping Hilton Head history, including historic Mitchelville.
Cost: $10 Members; $12 Non-Members
Children 12 and under are free with adult ticket
Where: This tour is located at Ft. Mitchel in Hilton Head Plantation, 65 Skull Creek Drive, Hilton Head Island
Registration required, visit heritagelib.org/tours
*No tour on July 4!