Sankofa Tour: African Burying Grounds at Langdon Farm, North Cemetery, and Chestnut Street
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Sankofa Tour: African Burying Grounds at Langdon Farm, North Cemetery, and Chestnut Street
May 26, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
$20Special Memorial Day Guided Tour
Tour Guide & Sankofa Scholar: Valerie Cunningham & Jubilee Byfield
NOTE: A vehicle is required for this event.
(Meet at Christ Episcopal Church parking lot, 1035 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth)
2:00 PM, African Burying Ground at Langdon Farm.
Place floral tributes at cemetery wall
2:45 PM, Old North Cemetery.
Place floral tributes at cemetery wall
(Maplewood Ave. near North Mill Pond)
3:30 PM, African Burying Ground Memorial at Chestnut Street
Visit the gravesites of enslaved Africans who were among those serving the Seacoast area’s most prominent colonial families. Please bring flowers if you would like to participate. We will be laying flowers on the wall at North Cemetery in remembrance of the unknown souls buried there.
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