Oct 10 , New Signs and a Freedom Monument on Brown's Island

Posted by Rosewood in Virginia September 28, 2021

Oct 10 , New Signs and a Freedom Monument on Brown's Island

Join us on Sunday, October 10, 2021, at the Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground. RSVP at the Facebook event and share!

Photo (c) Brian Palmer 2020

Earlier this summer, new signs directing people to the Burial Ground and Devil's Half Acre went up on 17th/Oliver Hill near Marshall, on Broad at 17th, on 17th south of Broad, and Franklin at 15th.

Photo of sign on E. Broad St. near 17th St. directing one to the African Burial Ground and Devil's Half Acre sites.

Photo (c) Ana Edwards 2021

Virginia's long planned Emancipation Proclamation Monument was unveiled on Brown's Island following a 10 am ceremony on Wednesday, September 22, 2021.

Photo of the Emancipation and Freedom Monument unveiling on Brown's Island, Richmond, Virginia, on September 22, 2021.

Photo (c) Ana Edwards 2021

Emancipation and Freedom Monument, black and white detail of full image, taken following the unveiling ceremony on September 22, 2021, on Brown's Island, Richmond, Virginia.

Photo (c) Ana Edwards 2021