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CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:Imported on Oct 21\, 2026\, 11 days before the event.\nTo veri
 fy info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx
 ?si=63758\n\nGenealogist Char McCargo Bah presents the lecture Tracing a 
 Child's Heritage from the 20th century to the 18th century in Virginia. T
 his lecture explores the difficulties of researching enslaved persons\, f
 ree people of color\, and family ownership. This lecture will cover a chi
 ld 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 traveling exhibtion from Belle Grove 
 Plantation entitled "Monday Robinson: A Life of Thorns and Roses\," that 
 is open at Freedom House Museum October 22 through December 31.\n\nChar M
 cCargo Bah is the CEO and owner of FindingThingsforU\, LLC. She holds und
 ergraduate 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 numerou
 s television interviews and documentaries\, including the PBS show Histor
 y Detectives and a documentary on African American research at Ellis Isla
 nd in New York.\n\nLocation: Freedom House Museum\nTags: Black History\, 
 Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\n
 Web resources:\n\nFree Event Registration here!\nhttps://shop.alexandriav
 a.gov/SelectEvent.aspx?eventid=4000035\n
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Tracing a Child's Heritage
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 a.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=63758">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Ca
 lendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=63758</a><br />\n<br />Genealogist Char McCargo
  Bah presents the lecture Tracing a Child&#39\;s Heritage from the 20th c
 entury to the 18th century in Virginia. This lecture explores the difficu
 lties of researching enslaved persons\, free people of color\, and family
  ownership. This lecture will cover a child buried at Alexandria?s Contra
 band and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial\, her enslaved relatives\, and her mo
 ther and aunt from Middletown\, Virginia. After sixteen years of research
  by Bah\, their stories can now be told. This lecture is part of the spec
 ial traveling exhibtion from Belle Grove Plantation entitled &quot\;Monda
 y Robinson: A Life of Thorns and Roses\,&quot\; that is open at Freedom H
 ouse Museum October 22 through December 31.\n<br />\n<br />Char McCargo B
 ah is the CEO and owner of FindingThingsforU\, LLC. She holds undergradua
 te degrees in Urban Studies and African American Studies\, along with sev
 eral professional certificates. She has 45 years of experience as an inve
 stigative researcher and genealogist. Bah has appeared in numerous televi
 sion interviews and documentaries\, including the PBS show History Detect
 ives and a documentary on African American research at Ellis Island in Ne
 w York.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Freedom House Museum\n<br />Tags: Black 
 History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria
 \, Old Town<br>\n<a href="https://shop.alexandriava.gov/SelectEvent.aspx?
 eventid=4000035">Free Event Registration here!</a><br>\n
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