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CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:Imported on Oct 20\, 2026\, 12 days before the event.\nTo veri
 fy info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=
 63758\n\nGenealogist Char McCargo Bah presents the lecture Tracing a Chil
 d's Heritage from the 20th century to the 18th century in Virginia. This 
 lecture explores the difficulties of researching enslaved persons\, free 
 people of color\, and family ownership. This lecture will cover a child b
 uried at Alexandria's Contraband and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial\, her ens
 laved relatives\, and her mother and aunt from Middletown\, Virginia. Aft
 er sixteen years of research by Bah\, their stories can now be told. This
  lecture is part of the special traveling exhibtion from Belle Grove Plan
 tation entitled "Monday Robinson: A Life of Thorns and Roses\," that is o
 pen at Freedom House Museum October 22 through December 31.\n\nChar McCar
 go Bah is the CEO and owner of FindingThingsforU\, LLC. She holds undergr
 aduate degrees in Urban Studies and African American Studies\, along with
  several professional certificates. She has 45 years of experience as an 
 investigative researcher and genealogist. Bah has appeared in numerous te
 levision interviews and documentaries\, including the PBS show History De
 tectives and a documentary on African American research at Ellis Island i
 n New York.\n\nLocation: Freedom House Museum\nTags: Black History\, Blac
 k History Museum\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nWeb 
 resources:\n\nFree Event Registration here!\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.go
 v/SelectEvent.aspx?eventid=4000035\n
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Tracing a Child's Heritage
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 a.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=63758">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=63758</a><br />\n<br />Genealogist Char McCargo Bah pre
 sents the lecture Tracing a Child&#39\;s Heritage from the 20th century t
 o the 18th century in Virginia. This lecture explores the difficulties of
  researching enslaved persons\, free people of color\, and family ownersh
 ip. This lecture will cover a child buried at Alexandria?s Contraband and
  Freedmen Cemetery Memorial\, her enslaved relatives\, and her mother and
  aunt from Middletown\, Virginia. After sixteen years of research by Bah\
 , their stories can now be told. This lecture is part of the special trav
 eling exhibtion from Belle Grove Plantation entitled &quot\;Monday Robins
 on: A Life of Thorns and Roses\,&quot\; that is open at Freedom House Mus
 eum October 22 through December 31.\n<br />\n<br />Char McCargo Bah is th
 e CEO and owner of FindingThingsforU\, LLC. She holds undergraduate degre
 es in Urban Studies and African American Studies\, along with several pro
 fessional certificates. She has 45 years of experience as an investigativ
 e researcher and genealogist. Bah has appeared in numerous television int
 erviews and documentaries\, including the PBS show History Detectives and
  a documentary on African American research at Ellis Island in New York.\
 n<br />\n<br />Location: Freedom House Museum\n<br />Tags: Black History\
 , Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old T
 own<br>\n<a href="https://shop.alexandriava.gov/SelectEvent.aspx?eventid=
 4000035">Free Event Registration here!</a><br>\n
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