Roc-A-Natural and Staten Island Black Heritage
in collaboration with the National Lighthouse Museum presents
Keeping The Light:
Black Lighthouse Keepers
presented by Harriet Tubman Herself portrayed
by Award-Winning Actress Christine Dixon
Sunday, February 27, 2022 • 2:00pm
at the National Lighthouse Museum
200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY 10301 (Adjacent to the FREE Staten Island Ferry)
In-Person and Zoom.
Harriet’s harrowing and dangerous life unfolds as she tells the moving story of how she brought hundreds of slaves – and her own family – to freedom during the Civil War. Actress Christine Dixon tells the story of Tubman’s life in this dramatic one-woman performance about the heroic “Moses” of her people. She will also tell the story of Richard Etheridge, the first African American keeper of the United States Life Saving Service, and stories of Sandy Ground’s oystermen. Questions and Answers to Follow.
$10 Museum members $5
For Info/Reservations…. Lighthousemuseum.org info@lighthousemuseum.org Tel. # 718 390 0040
