Alexandria's Freedmen's Cemetery: A Legacy of Freedom

Name: Alexandria's Freedmen's Cemetery: A Legacy of Freedom
Start: 2019-02-09T12:00:00
End: 2019-02-09T12:00:00
Location: Alexandria Black History Museum

Feb. 09, 2019 noon

https://www.visitalexandriava.com/event/alexandrias-freedmens-cemetery%3a-a-legacy-of-freedom/14659/

Alexandria Black History Museum 902 Wythe Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314

Feb. 05, 2019

1:20 p.m.

Join the Alexandria Black History Museum for a lecture and book signing with professinonal genealogist, Char McCargo Bah, as she examines the 19th century legacy of Alexandria's Contraband (escaped slaves) Community.

Bah documents the lives of the descendants who are buried in Alexandria’s Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial.

This event is free.