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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Path of Thorns and Roses sculpture by Mario Chiodo stands as the centerpiece of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, featuring six allegorical bronze figures representing Oppression, Struggle, Sacrifice, Loss, Compassion, and Hope. Created in 2013 and cast by Mussi Artworks Foundry in California, the 18-foot sculpture depicts the Hope figure holding an unbloomed Rose of Freedom while standing on tiptoes to avoid the thorns of oppression below. The memorial, dedicated in September 2014, honors 1,711 documented African Americans who died between 1864-1869 an-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicting children learning to read at an Alexandria freedmen's school forms part of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, dedicated in 2014. The relief, created by local sculptor Joanna Blake, illustrates the educational initiatives that emerged within Alexandria's Civil War-era African American community, where contraband schools achieved remarkable participation rates with 400 children attending daily classes by 1864. The memorial commemorates 1,711 documented African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the cemet-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Path of Thorns and Roses sculpture by Mario Chiodo stands as the centerpiece of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, featuring six allegorical bronze figures representing Oppression, Struggle, Sacrifice, Loss, Compassion, and Hope. Created in 2013 and cast by Mussi Artworks Foundry in California, the 18-foot sculpture depicts the Hope figure holding an unbloomed Rose of Freedom while standing on tiptoes to avoid the thorns of oppression below. The memorial, dedicated in September 2014, honors 1,711 documented African Americans who died between 1864-1869 an-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicting children learning to read at an Alexandria freedmen's school forms part of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, dedicated in 2014. The relief, created by local sculptor Joanna Blake, illustrates the educational initiatives that emerged within Alexandria's Civil War-era African American community, where contraband schools achieved remarkable participation rates with 400 children attending daily classes by 1864. The memorial commemorates 1,711 documented African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the cemet-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicting children learning to read at an Alexandria freedmen's school forms part of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, dedicated in 2014. The relief, created by local sculptor Joanna Blake, illustrates the educational initiatives that emerged within Alexandria's Civil War-era African American community, where contraband schools achieved remarkable participation rates with 400 children attending daily classes by 1864. The memorial commemorates 1,711 documented African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the cemet-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicting children learning to read at an Alexandria freedmen's school forms part of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, dedicated in 2014. The relief, created by local sculptor Joanna Blake, illustrates the educational initiatives that emerged within Alexandria's Civil War-era African American community, where contraband schools achieved remarkable participation rates with 400 children attending daily classes by 1864. The memorial commemorates 1,711 documented African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the cemet-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicts a family fleeing slavery at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, with the inscription 'Fleeing slavery for sanctuary and freedom in Alexandria.' The artwork by local sculptor Joanna Blake is part of the memorial dedicated in 2014 to honor 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the historic cemetery. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land to serve Alexandria's contraband and freedmen community during the Civil War. The site gained national significance in Decemb-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicts a family fleeing slavery at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, with the inscription 'Fleeing slavery for sanctuary and freedom in Alexandria.' The artwork by local sculptor Joanna Blake is part of the memorial dedicated in 2014 to honor 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the historic cemetery. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land to serve Alexandria's contraband and freedmen community during the Civil War. The site gained national significance in Decemb-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicts a family fleeing slavery at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, with the inscription 'Fleeing slavery for sanctuary and freedom in Alexandria.' The artwork by local sculptor Joanna Blake is part of the memorial dedicated in 2014 to honor 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the historic cemetery. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land to serve Alexandria's contraband and freedmen community during the Civil War. The site gained national significance in Decemb-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — Bronze tablets displaying names from the Gladwin Record line the memorial walls at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, documenting 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869. The memorial honors individuals who fled slavery during the Civil War and found refuge in Union-occupied Alexandria, where they established one of the largest contraband communities in Virginia. Bronze icons next to certain names indicate that living descendants have been identified through ongoing genealogical research led by Char McCargo Bah, who has traced over 1,000 descendan-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze relief sculpture depicts a family fleeing slavery at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, with the inscription 'Fleeing slavery for sanctuary and freedom in Alexandria.' The artwork by local sculptor Joanna Blake is part of the memorial dedicated in 2014 to honor 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in the historic cemetery. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land to serve Alexandria's contraband and freedmen community during the Civil War. The site gained national significance in Decemb-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — Bronze inscriptions on the memorial walls display the names of individuals buried in the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery, established in March 1864 as the final resting place for 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869. The cemetery served formerly enslaved people who sought freedom within Union lines during the Civil War, with detailed burial records maintained by Reverend Albert Gladwin documenting names, ages, and death dates of those interred. The site gained national significance in December 1864 when 443 United States Colored Troops soldiers successful-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — Bronze inscriptions on the memorial walls display the names of individuals buried in the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery, established in March 1864 as the final resting place for 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869. The cemetery served formerly enslaved people who sought freedom within Union lines during the Civil War, with detailed burial records maintained by Reverend Albert Gladwin documenting names, ages, and death dates of those interred. The site gained national significance in December 1864 when 443 United States Colored Troops soldiers successful-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial honors 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in this Civil War-era cemetery established by Union military authorities in March 1864. The memorial plaza features 'The Path of Thorns and Roses,' an 18-foot bronze sculpture by Mario Chiodo depicting six allegorical figures representing the journey from oppression to hope, surrounded by stone walls displaying the names of all documented burials from the Gladwin Record. The site protects 631 identified grave locations with flush stone markers while co-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — An inscription in the floor stones at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial reads '1955 GAS STATION' and explains that the concrete floor of a gas station that desecrated many graves was kept in place to protect remaining burials below. The memorial, dedicated in 2014, preserves the final resting place of 1,711 documented African Americans who died between 1864-1869 after fleeing slavery during the Civil War. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land and became the site of one of the first successful civil rights protests when 44-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A bronze figure from The Path of Thorns and Roses sculpture at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial depicts one of six allegorical representations including Oppression, Struggle, Sacrifice, Loss, Compassion, and Hope. Created and sculpted by Mario Chiodo in 2013, the 18-foot bronze sculpture serves as the centerpiece of the memorial honoring 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in this Civil War-era cemetery. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land to serve Alexandria's contraband and freedmen com-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Path of Thorns and Roses sculpture by Mario Chiodo stands as the centerpiece of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, featuring six allegorical bronze figures representing Oppression, Struggle, Sacrifice, Loss, Compassion, and Hope. Created in 2013 and cast by Mussi Artworks Foundry in California, the 18-foot sculpture depicts the Hope figure holding an unbloomed Rose of Freedom while standing on tiptoes to avoid the thorns of oppression below. The memorial, dedicated September 6, 2014, honors 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buri-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Path of Thorns and Roses sculpture by Mario Chiodo stands as the centerpiece of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, featuring six allegorical bronze figures representing Oppression, Struggle, Sacrifice, Loss, Compassion, and Hope. Created in 2013 and cast by Mussi Artworks Foundry in California, the 18-foot sculpture depicts the Hope figure holding an unbloomed Rose of Freedom while standing on tiptoes to avoid the thorns of oppression below. The memorial, dedicated September 6, 2014, honors 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buri-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — Grave markers inscribed with 'Grave of a Child' mark burial sites at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, where over 50 percent of the 1,711 documented burials were children under age 5. The cemetery served as the final resting place for African Americans who fled slavery and died between 1864-1869 during the Civil War era. Established in March 1864 by Union military authorities on confiscated Confederate land, the cemetery documented extreme childhood mortality rates caused by overcrowding, inadequate sanitation, and epidemic diseases including smallpox, typh-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Path of Thorns and Roses sculpture by Mario Chiodo stands as the centerpiece of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, featuring six allegorical bronze figures representing Oppression, Struggle, Sacrifice, Loss, Compassion, and Hope. Created in 2013 and cast by Mussi Artworks Foundry in California, the 18-foot sculpture depicts the Hope figure holding an unbloomed Rose of Freedom while standing on tiptoes to avoid the thorns of oppression below. The memorial, dedicated September 6, 2014, honors 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buri-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial commemorates 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in this Civil War-era cemetery established by Union military authorities. The memorial features Mario Chiodo's 18-foot bronze sculpture 'The Path of Thorns and Roses' with six allegorical figures representing the journey from oppression to hope, surrounded by stone walls displaying the names of all documented burials from the Gladwin Record. The site gained national significance in December 1864 when 443 United States Colored Troops soldiers succ-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial commemorates 1,711 African Americans who died between 1864-1869 and were buried in this Civil War-era cemetery established by Union military authorities. The memorial features Mario Chiodo's 18-foot bronze sculpture 'The Path of Thorns and Roses' with six allegorical figures representing the journey from oppression to hope, surrounded by stone walls displaying the names of all documented burials from the Gladwin Record. The site gained national significance in December 1864 when 443 United States Colored Troops soldiers succ-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A sidewalk plaque outside the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial marks graves beneath South Washington Street that date to 1864. The bronze plaque explains that the Freedmen's Cemetery extended into the middle of South Washington Street during the Civil War, with tan stones in the sidewalk marking graves identified by archaeologists investigating the original cemetery location. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land to serve Alexandria's contraband and freedmen community, ultimately recording 1,711 burials between 1864-1869. Ar-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A grave marker at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial displays an inscription honoring the African Americans who fled to Alexandria during the Civil War and those who died from disease and deprivation. The memorial, dedicated in 2014, protects 631 identified grave locations from the original cemetery established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land. The cemetery served as the final resting place for 1,711 documented African Americans between 1864-1869, including formerly enslaved people who sought freedom within Union lines and were classified as 'con-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — A sidewalk plaque outside the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial marks graves beneath South Washington Street that date to 1864. The bronze plaque explains that the Freedmen's Cemetery extended into the middle of South Washington Street during the Civil War, with tan stones in the sidewalk marking graves identified by archaeologists investigating the original cemetery location. The cemetery was established in March 1864 on confiscated Confederate land to serve Alexandria's contraband and freedmen community, ultimately recording 1,711 burials between 1864-1869. Ar-stock-foto
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'First Negro Marines decorated by the famed Second Marine Division somewhere in the Pacific (left to right) 1941 WWII, african american during-stock-foto
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The 93rd Infantry Division reactivated May 15, 1942, was the first all-Negro division to be formed during World War II. 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Bates waits for zero hour to give the command to attack. Fort Huachuca, AZ-stock-foto
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A squad of non-coms, cadres of the 92nd Division, get a refresher course in charging through smoke ca. 1942-stock-foto
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A squad of non-coms, cadres of the 92nd Division, get a refresher course in charging through smoke ca. 1942-stock-foto
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The 93rd Infantry Division reactivated May 15, 1942, was the first all-Negro division to be formed during World War II. 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Bates waits for zero hour to give the command to attack. Fort Huachuca, AZ-stock-foto
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A squad of non-coms, cadres of the 92nd Division, get a refresher course in charging through smoke ca. 1942-stock-foto
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The 93rd Infantry Division reactivated May 15, 1942, was the first all-Negro division to be formed during World War II. 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Bates waits for zero hour to give the command to attack. Fort Huachuca, AZ-stock-foto
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Reportage: Black History Month reception at the White House (2023) - DuWayne Portis Jr., Youth Leader at Chicago Youth Service Corps and High School Senior at Lindblom Math and Science Academy, delivers remarks at a Black History Month reception, Monday, February 27, 2023, in the East Room of the White House.-stock-foto
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U.S. Army Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division feature in a Black History Month graphic created Feb. 13, 2022, at Fort Carson, Colorado. Black History Month is an annual observance that celebrates African American people.-stock-foto
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U.S. Army Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division feature in a Black History Month graphic created Feb. 13, 2022, at Fort Carson, Colorado. Black History Month is an annual observance that celebrates African American people.-stock-foto
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Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division Mechanical Engineer Jabril Muhammad acts as host for the NSWCPD African American Employee Resource Group’s (AAERG) “Black History Month Jeopardy!” event on Feb 8, 2023.-stock-foto
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Staff Sgt. Savon Hollimon, a cavalry scout assigned to 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, poses for a photograph on Fort Carson, Colo., Feb. 7, 2023. Hollimon has shown appreciation for the African American men and women who have paved the way for him before his time in the U.S. Army.-stock-foto
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February is Black History Month and we asked our Soldiers 'Why is diversity important in the U.S. Army?' “In the Army, diversity is important because it provides a sense of comfort and belonging for Soldiers of different races, ethnicities and cultures,' said Pfc. Deonna Terry, 88M Motor Transport Operator, E Company, 4th Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division from Orlando, Florida. 'As an African American, seeing other African Americans in the military is very refreshing and fosters a sense of community. Having a dive-stock-foto
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February is Black History Month and we asked our Soldiers 'Why is diversity important in the U.S. Army?' “In the Army, diversity is important because it provides a sense of comfort and belonging for Soldiers of different races, ethnicities and cultures,' said Pfc. Deonna Terry, 88M Motor Transport Operator, E Company, 4th Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division from Orlando, Florida. 'As an African American, seeing other African Americans in the military is very refreshing and fosters a sense of community. Having a dive-stock-foto
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KING GEORGE, Va. - From left to right, William Jones, Virginia Black History Month Association president; Eunice Haigler, Color of History Coalition president; Dr. Paula Royster, Center for African American Genealogical Research, Inc. president and CEO; show Certificates of Appreciation that were presented by Terri Gray, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) chief of staff; at NSWCDD’s commemoration of Juneteenth 2022 at the University of Mary Washington Dahlgren Campus, June 30.-stock-foto
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