Visiting Mt. Calvary Cemetery on a snowy Saturday. Civil War veteran Pvt. Henry Hopper (1821-1900), of the 4th Regiment, U. S. Colored Infantry, is in the foreground.
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The Robert Russa Moton High School/Moton Museum in Farmville, Virginia. It was recently added to the U. S. Civil Rights Trail. From the historical marker: “On this site 4-23-1951, the students staged a strike protesting inadequate school facilities. Led by Rev. L. Francis Griffin, these students’ actions became a part of the 1954 U. S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision, which ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. To avoid desegregation, the Prince Edward County public schools were closed until 9-2-1964.” Photo: June 26, 2016. #historic #africanamerican #preservation #equality #education #virginia #civilrights #history #respect #thisplacematters #blackhistory #memoryExploring a historic African American #cemetery in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. We found our "lost" United States Colored Troop. Yucca marks some graves in lieu of headstones. #africanamerican #historic #preservation #civilwar #freedom #equality #tidewater #virginia #ancestry #genealogy #thisplacematters #family #memory“I have just witnessed a novel and solemn scene, a funeral in the open air. The deceased, Peter Washington, was an old man, and a slave until the breaking out of the war… After the singing and a prayer, a minister, an early associate of the deceased, gave a brief sketch of the life of Peter Washington. He had eight children; in one day he was bereft of his six daughters and five grandchildren. ‘On that day,’ said the minister, ‘he leant on me, and with a bursting heart exclaimed, “If it were not for my hope in Christ, I could not bear up under this trial.”’ (M)any of his hearers seemed to find an echo to a like experience in their own souls. They swayed their forms, and moaned as if some wound of the past was being freshly probed. No child of his came to bid him a last farewell, they are scattered I know not where; his two sons are in the army, battling for the country their father loved in spite of her persecutions to him and his.” – Harriet Jacobs, freedwoman, educator, and aid worker in Alexandria, describing the funeral of Peter Washington, buried here May 23, 1864. #africanamerican #historic #preservation #thisplacematters #sacred #cemetery #virginia #freedom #blackhistory #memory #northcarolinaFound him! Searching for a long lost United States Colored Troop with success. The photo is the first one taken after I dug the stone out with my fingers. Super hot outside, but the soil was spongey due to recent rainstorms. Over an hour away from home, tired, and coated with DEET, but happy all the same. Now I need to recuperate. Look for his story (and a better pic) in the next blog. #africanamerican #historic #preservation #cemetery #blackhistory #northcarolina #nc #freedom #equality #memory #thisplacemattersBlog Stats
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