This grew out of my Down Da Road I Go Blog which now has become primarily what I'm doing and music. I was getting so much history in it, I spun this one off and now have World War II and War of 1812 blogs which came off this one. The Blog List below right has all the way too many blogs that I write.
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Virginia Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of Arrival of African Slaves-- Part 2: "What Became a Nation"
Virginia's two senators and governor will make remarks at a Saturday ceremony. And, a family that traces its bloodlines to those first Africans will hold a reflection at its cemetery on Friday.
"This moment means everything to folks like myself who are African American and to folks on the continent as well, " said Mary Elliott, curator of American Slavery at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
"But it should mean something to everybody, regardless of race," she added,"because it is a moment that define a nation -- what became a nation."
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