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NPS has asked to get the word out for an event that they just planned for?Sunday starting at 2:30. Commemoration of the first landing of enslaved Africans in English-occupied America to be held in Lincoln Park! Come to Lincoln Park and be part of a nationwide commemoration honoring and remembering the enslaved Africans brought to Point Comfort (Fort Monroe National Monument) Virginia in 1619. Here, at one of the most iconic Civil Rights memorials in the nation, visitors will have the opportunity to actively participate in the commemoration through a special violin concert by D.C. Strings Workshop, a Ranger-led tour, and the commemorative bell-ringing?at 3:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m.?- Music tells the Story. A violin concert by D.C. Strings will draw from melodies that embrace the four centuries of African Americans in America. 3:00 p.m.?- Healing Day Bell Ringing Ceremony - This ceremony will last four minutes, honoring 400 years of African American history and culture. 3:04 p.m.?- Monuments to Freedom. The stories of education, freedom and African American history are interwoven at Lincoln Park.? Explore the lives of four people who shaped Lincoln Park: Archer Alexander, Frederick Douglass, Mary McLeod Bethune and Hilyard Robinson on a special Ranger-led tour! Following the program, visitors will be able to express their thoughts on what freedom means to them.? |
