Garden opens as National Slavery Museum continues construction (AP)
The Associated Press through USA Today:
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Although the U.S. National Slavery Museum will not open its doors until at least next year, a garden meant to signify the struggle of slaves to be free is scheduled to open June 21.
The Spirit of Freedom Exhibit Garden has nine educational displays about abolitionists, runaways, acts of bravery and the need for endurance on the road to freedom. It also features wooden carvings from West Africa, where many of the slaves were from.
The garden is one of several outdoor activities timed to be part of this year's 400th anniversary commemoration of the founding of Jamestown, America's first permanent English settlement.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2007-06-11-national-slavery-museum_N.htm
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Although the U.S. National Slavery Museum will not open its doors until at least next year, a garden meant to signify the struggle of slaves to be free is scheduled to open June 21.
The Spirit of Freedom Exhibit Garden has nine educational displays about abolitionists, runaways, acts of bravery and the need for endurance on the road to freedom. It also features wooden carvings from West Africa, where many of the slaves were from.
The garden is one of several outdoor activities timed to be part of this year's 400th anniversary commemoration of the founding of Jamestown, America's first permanent English settlement.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2007-06-11-national-slavery-museum_N.htm
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