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Volume 13 Number 10


July 2019


Official Commemoration of The 1619 First African Landing in English North America Hosted in August


COURTESY OF THE CITY OF HAMPTON HAMPTON, Va - Virginias


2019 Commemoration, American Evolution, in partnership with Fort Monroe Authority, Fort Monroe National Monument, and the City of Hampton, will host the 2019 Commemoration of the First African Landing on August 23-25, 2019 in Hampton, Va. The multi-day event serves to recognize the 400th anniversary of the landing of the first enslaved Africans in English-occupied North America at Point Comfort in 1619. It will feature a commemorative ceremony, a preview of the new Fort Monroe Visitor and Education Center, Black Cultural tours, living history demonstrations, storytelling, and youth and musical performances. The event will also feature


cultural group displays


from Project 1619, the Contraband Historical Society, and the U.S. Colored Troops, and exhibitions from


Virginia institutions and


museums, including the National Park Service, American Evolution, Hampton History Museum, Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Casemate Museum, and more.


Hampton visitor experiences


and opportunities to learn about Virginia multicultural history, interpreted through museums, attractions and historic sites, frame the commemoration.


For more information about the


2019 Commemoration of the First African Landing at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va., please visit: firstafricanlanding.com


400 years ago, the first Africans landed in English North America and helped to form


a multicultural nation. COMMEMORATE 400 YEARS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN IMPACT.


Plan to visit Hampton in 2019 to participate in the events, exhibitions, speaker series, performances, and reenactments that recognize the first Africans’ landing and examine our nation today.


Learn more at HamptonVA2019.com or call 800.800.2202


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