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CATEGORIES:Archaeology Museum
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Equity
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=36552\n\nLocated at 1001 S. Washington Street (at the c
 orner 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 include a wreath laying
  by the 31st Masonic District\, a reading by representatives of the Unite
 d States Colored Troops (USCT)\, and remarks by Reverend Taft Quincey Hea
 tley. The ceremony will take place rain or shine. \n \nThe AACRN's collec
 tion of 57 powerful historic resources commemorate\, honor\, and interpre
 t the nation's Civil Rights Movement and the continuing struggle for raci
 al equality. Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery is the oldest and first si
 te in Virginia to be added to the network. In 1864\, the U.S. Army establ
 ished the burial ground for contrabands and freedmen\, making it one of t
 he few final resting places of its kind in the country. Shortly after\, t
 he cemetery became the site of Alexandria's first known Civil Rights expr
 ession. Following the burial of 118 United States Colored Troops (USCT) i
 n Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery\, outraged USCT protested and petitio
 ned for their fellow soldiers' right to be buried at what is today Alexan
 dria National Cemetery. As a result of their action\, the soldiers were r
 eburied in Alexandria National Cemetery.\n\n\nLocation: See Details\nAudi
 ence: Anyone may attend\nTags: Archaeology Museum\, Black History Museum\
 , Equity\, Museums
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SUMMARY:Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Dedication
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=36552">https://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=36552</a><br />\n<br />Located at 1001 S.
  Washington Street (at the corner of Church Street). Join Historic Alexan
 dria in honoring Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial?s inclusion i
 n the African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN). The free dedication 
 will include a wreath laying by the 31st Masonic District\, a reading by 
 representatives of the United States Colored Troops (USCT)\, and remarks 
 by Reverend Taft Quincey Heatley. The ceremony will take place rain or sh
 ine. \n<br /> \n<br />The AACRN?s collection of 57 powerful historic reso
 urces commemorate\, honor\, and interpret the nation?s Civil Rights Movem
 ent and the continuing struggle for racial equality. Contrabands and Free
 dmen Cemetery is the oldest and first site in Virginia to be added to the
  network. In 1864\, the U.S. Army established the burial ground for contr
 abands and freedmen\, making it one of the few final resting places of it
 s kind in the country. Shortly after\, the cemetery became the site of Al
 exandria?s first known Civil Rights expression. Following the burial of 1
 18 United States Colored Troops (USCT) in Contrabands and Freedmen Cemete
 ry\, outraged USCT protested and petitioned for their fellow soldiers? ri
 ght to be buried at what is today Alexandria National Cemetery. As a resu
 lt of their action\, the soldiers were reburied in Alexandria National Ce
 metery.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: See Details\n<br />Audience: Any
 one may attend\n<br />Tags: Archaeology Museum\, Black History Museum\, E
 quity\, Museums
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