Tough Choices for a New Monument

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.

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Finding Descendants from Alexandria's Contraband and Freedmen Cemetery

Finding Descendants from Alexandria's Contraband and Freedmen Cemetery

Char 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.

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