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CATEGORIES:Equity
CATEGORIES:Fort Ward Museum
CATEGORIES:Fort Ward Park
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=37563\n\nThere will be a public meeting on Saturday\, J
 uly 31 at 10-11:30 am in the City of Alexandria's Fort Ward Park to discu
 ss marking\, protection and recognition of key cemetery areas and burial 
 sites related to the African American Fort community.  Join City staff fr
 om the Office of Historic Alexandria who will lead a discussion on issues
  and ideas for demarcating and memorializing these sacred areas.  Attende
 es will meet City staff in the parking lot behind Fort Ward Museum\, and 
 walk to the four major burial sites.  In the event of rain\, the meeting 
 will be held in the reception hall at Oakland Baptist Church\, 3408 King 
 Street\, Alexandria.\n\nFort Ward Park's cemetery areas and burial sites 
 are associated with the post-Civil War African American community known a
 s "The Fort\," which developed on the grounds and vicinity of the present
 -day Park beginning in the 1870s.  The sites that are the focus of discus
 sion are: The Old Grave Yard\, established at least by 1897\; the Adams f
 amily burial site\, which includes the grave of community matriarch Clara
  Adams\; the Clark family burial site\; and the Jackson Cemetery\, establ
 ished on land purchased by Fort resident James Jackson in 1884 that was o
 nce part of the earlier Civil War Union fort.  City archaeologists and hi
 storians will lead discussions at each area that provide context and cons
 iderations for possible demarcation of some sites\, preservation issues\,
  and additional approaches to memorialization.  Public feedback will be g
 athered for implementing long-term approaches to care and recognition of 
 these sacred historical areas.\n\n\nLocation: Fort Ward Museum\, 4301 W. 
 Braddock Rd.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Equity\, Fort Ward Museu
 m\, Fort Ward Park\, Museums
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LOCATION:Fort Ward Museum\, 4301 W. Braddock Rd.
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Meeting on Burial Grounds in Ft. Ward Park
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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=37563">https://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=37563</a><br />\n<br />There will be a pu
 blic meeting on Saturday\, July 31 at 10-11:30 am in the City of Alexandr
 ia?s Fort Ward Park to discuss marking\, protection and recognition of ke
 y cemetery areas and burial sites related to the African American Fort co
 mmunity.  Join City staff from the Office of Historic Alexandria who will
  lead a discussion on issues and ideas for demarcating and memorializing 
 these sacred areas.  Attendees will meet City staff in the parking lot be
 hind Fort Ward Museum\, and walk to the four major burial sites.  In the 
 event of rain\, the meeting will be held in the reception hall at Oakland
  Baptist Church\, 3408 King Street\, Alexandria.\n<br />\n<br />Fort Ward
  Park?s cemetery areas and burial sites are associated with the post-Civi
 l War African American community known as ?The Fort\,? which developed on
  the grounds and vicinity of the present-day Park beginning in the 1870s.
   The sites that are the focus of discussion are: The Old Grave Yard\, es
 tablished at least by 1897\; the Adams family burial site\, which include
 s the grave of community matriarch Clara Adams\; the Clark family burial 
 site\; and the Jackson Cemetery\, established on land purchased by Fort r
 esident James Jackson in 1884 that was once part of the earlier Civil War
  Union fort.  City archaeologists and historians will lead discussions at
  each area that provide context and considerations for possible demarcati
 on of some sites\, preservation issues\, and additional approaches to mem
 orialization.  Public feedback will be gathered for implementing long-ter
 m approaches to care and recognition of these sacred historical areas.\n<
 br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: Fort Ward Museum\, 4301 W. Braddock Rd.\n<
 br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Equity\, Fort Ward Museum\,
  Fort Ward Park\, Museums
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