Exploring the Significance of the African Burial Ground National Monument
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Jun 10, 2023
June 10, 2023, 10 AM
90 minutes
90 minutes
The African Burial Ground National Monument is the nation’s earliest and largest known African American cemetery, and the first National Monument dedicated to Africans of early New York and Americans of African descent. Led by a National Park Service Park Ranger, this multi-modal tour will include an introductory film, a guided Memorial tour, a discussion of the history of slavery in Dutch and British colonial New York, and a discussion of the history of the African Burial Ground and its re-discovery in 1991.