Tough Choices for a New Monument
/How to choose 8 people to recognize at the base of a monument to honor emancipation and freedom? With difficulty.
Read MoreBlogging about abolitionist Julia Wilbur, the Civil War, Alexandria, women's rights, and more
How to choose 8 people to recognize at the base of a monument to honor emancipation and freedom? With difficulty.
Read MoreChar McCargo Bah explained how she found descendants from among more than 1,750 people buried in Alexandria's Contraband and Freedmen Cemetery--who can now celebrate their ancestors, many of whom escaped slavery.
Read MorePaula Tarnapol Whitacre's website with a focus on her forthcoming biography on abolitionist Julia Wilbur.