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Enslaved Black Children Were Educated Here. Now the Public Can Learn the History.
Beginning on Juneteenth, a restored Virginia schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black students were taught to read is on ...
Rebuilding one of the nation’s oldest Black churches begins at Juneteenth ceremony
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered ...
Juneteenth ceremony to kick off rebuilding of Black church at Colonial Williamsburg
The First Baptist Church of Williamsburg established itself in 1776, although parishioners met before then in fields and ...
Maywood’s historical charm transcends modern Arlington, Virginia
Where We Live | 200 houses in the neighborhood were built between 1909 and 1925.
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Stolen from Africa, enslaved people first arrived in colonial Virginia in 1619
These first Africans in Virginia were not the first Africans in North America, but they were a significant part of the ever changing Atlantic world during the colonial era. Their travels and ...