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Liberty County renames Jones Creek Park for Susie King Taylor; Hinesville bypass becomes Independence Parkway
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The Liberty County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously July 17 to rename Jones Creek Park the Susie King Taylor Freedom Park at Jones Creek and to designate the under‑construction Hinesville Bypass as Independence Parkway after presentations by the Liberty County Historical Society.
The Liberty County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to rename Jones Creek Park the Susie King Taylor Freedom Park at Jones Creek and to designate the under‑construction Hinesville Bypass as Independence Parkway.
The historical society, appearing before the commission in period costume, urged the board to memorialize Susie King Taylor, a native of Isle of Wight who escaped slavery in 1862, served as a nurse, laundress and teacher with the United States Colored Troops, and later became an author and veterans advocate. Hermina Glass Hill, president of…
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