22nd Gabriel Gathering + Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground Commemoration
Schedule
Thu Oct 10 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground, 1541 E Broad St. Richmond, VA 23219 | Richmond, VA
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22nd Annual Gabriel Gathering: “Reclaiming Black Cemeteries - Reclaiming Resistance”Twenty years ago, on Oct. 10, 2004, the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality hosted a symposium on Gabriel's Rebellion and the "Burial Ground for Negroes," followed by the unveiling of the first state historical marker in Richmond honoring the great slave rebellion leader Gabriel and, for the first time, officially marking the site of the Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground.
This Oct. 10 we will honor Richmond's historic Black cemeteries and unveil a second state historic marker, titled "Richmond’s First Municipal African Cemetery."
The Sacred Ground Project and the Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground Community Advisory Group invite you to join us for the 22nd annual Gabriel Gathering and the unveiling ceremony at 6:30 pm on the site of the Burial Ground at 16th and East Broad streets.
This will be one of three related sponsored by the Sacred Ground Project. For information on the others, see "Honoring the Plan: Gabriel's Rebellion" and "Reclaiming Black Cemeteries is Resistance."
Check here and at sacredgroundproject.net for more details as they are posted! Looking forward!
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Where is it happening?
Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground, 1541 E Broad St. Richmond, VA 23219, Lumpkin's Slave Jail, 1509 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219, United States,Richmond, VirginiaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
