Saving de Gullah/Geechee Witness Tree at Sol Legare

[Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition]

"The center of the Gullah/Geechee Nation’s flag is embossed with a Gullah/Geechee family tree that consist of human bodies that are intertwined and rooted in the soil of the Sea Islands.  The oak tree is a powerful symbol within Gullah/Geechee culture—mirroring the sacred tree rooted at the very center of the Gullah/Geechee Nation’s national flag. Protecting it represents a refusal to allow the physical markers of our heritage to be erased. “Save James Island” folks have made it clear: "You can't replant history." The historic live oak tree at Sol Legare cannot simply be replanted either.  It is truly a witness to what our ancestors of Sol Legare went through and now it is a witness to the encroaching destructionment no longer in the distance across the creek from Mosquito Beach but right under its own branches.  However, like native Gullah/Geechees, webe de tree planted by de rivers of wata.  We shall not be moved! "

• Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation

https://gullahgeecheenation.com/2026/07/09/saving-de-gullah-geechee-witness-tree-at-sol-legare/

Peace All!

Please go to the link above to not only read the entire article by Queen Quet but to also sign the petition and attend the meeting to save this historic witness tree.

Tenki Tenki fa standin wit we!

Peace,

Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition

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