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CATEGORIES:Archaeology Museum,Black History Museum,Equity,Museums
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 hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app
 s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=36552\n\nLocated at 1001 S. Was
 hington Street (at the corner of Church Street). Join Historic Alexandria 
 in honoring Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial's inclusion in the 
 African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN). The free dedication will in
 clude a wreath laying by the 31st Masonic District\, a reading by represen
 tatives of the United States Colored Troops (USCT)\, and remarks by Revere
 nd Taft Quincey Heatley. The ceremony will take place rain or shine. \n \n
 The AACRN's collection of 57 powerful historic resources commemorate\, hon
 or\, and interpret the nation's Civil Rights Movement and the continuing s
 truggle for racial equality. Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery is the olde
 st and first site in Virginia to be added to the network. In 1864\, the U.
 S. Army established the burial ground for contrabands and freedmen\, makin
 g it one of the few final resting places of its kind in the country. Short
 ly after\, the cemetery became the site of Alexandria's first known Civil 
 Rights expression. Following the burial of 118 United States Colored Troop
 s (USCT) in Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery\, outraged USCT protested an
 d petitioned for their fellow soldiers' right to be buried at what is toda
 y Alexandria National Cemetery. As a result of their action\, the soldiers
  were reburied in Alexandria National Cemetery.\n\n\nLocation: See Details
 \nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Archaeology Museum\, Black History Mu
 seum\, Equity\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=36552
DTEND:20210724T130000Z
DTSTAMP:20210707T203246Z
DTSTART:20210724T120000Z
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SUMMARY:Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Dedication
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