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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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David Stewart of Garth (1772-1829) schottischer Soldat und Autor, trat 1787 in die 42. Highlanders ein, wurde 1801 in der Schlacht von Alexandria (Aboukir) schwer verwundet, als die Briten die Franzosen besiegten, wurde 1825 zum Generalmajor ernannt, Als er starb, diente er als Gouverneur von St. Lucia, Autor von Sketches ,, of the Highlanders of Scotland, with Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments (1822), Kupferstich aus A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen von Thomas Thomson (1870), Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrh-stock-foto
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The Honorable Ralph Northam, governor of Virginia, speaks during the Virginia Military Advisory Council (VMAC), conference at The Clubs at Quantico, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., March 28, 2018. VMAC was established to maintain a cooperative and constructive relationship between the Commonwealth and leadership of the Armed Forces of the United States, to encourage regular communication on military facility viability, the exploration of privatization opportunities and issues affecting preparedness, public safety and security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alexandria Blanche)-stock-foto
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The Honorable Ralph Northam, governor of Virginia, speaks during the Virginia Military Advisory Council (VMAC), conference at The Clubs at Quantico, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., March 28, 2018. VMAC was established to maintain a cooperative and constructive relationship between the Commonwealth and leadership of the Armed Forces of the United States, to encourage regular communication on military facility viability, the exploration of privatization opportunities and issues affecting preparedness, public safety and security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alexandria Blanche)-stock-foto
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The Honorable Ralph Northam, governor of Virginia, speaks during the Virginia Military Advisory Council (VMAC), conference at The Clubs at Quantico, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., March 28, 2018. VMAC was established to maintain a cooperative and constructive relationship between the Commonwealth and leadership of the Armed Forces of the United States, to encourage regular communication on military facility viability, the exploration of privatization opportunities and issues affecting preparedness, public safety and security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alexandria Blanche)-stock-foto
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The Honorable Ralph Northam, governor of Virginia, speaks during the Virginia Military Advisory Council (VMAC), conference at The Clubs at Quantico, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., March 28, 2018. VMAC was established to maintain a cooperative and constructive relationship between the Commonwealth and leadership of the Armed Forces of the United States, to encourage regular communication on military facility viability, the exploration of privatization opportunities and issues affecting preparedness, public safety and security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alexandria Blanche)-stock-foto
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The Honorable Ralph Northam, governor of Virginia, speaks during the Virginia Military Advisory Council (VMAC), conference at The Clubs at Quantico, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., March 28, 2018. VMAC was established to maintain a cooperative and constructive relationship between the Commonwealth and leadership of the Armed Forces of the United States, to encourage regular communication on military facility viability, the exploration of privatization opportunities and issues affecting preparedness, public safety and security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alexandria Blanche)-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, La. - Governor Bobby Jindal makes his way through a crowd of Soldiers to shake hands and thank them for their service. Jindal arrived at Camp Beauregard, La., on Oct 14 to sign the Five Star Statement of Support, pledging his loyalty as an employer. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Tresa L. Allemang, 199th Brigade Support Battalion Unit Public Affairs Representative) Bobby Jindal Camp Beauregard 2-stock-foto
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ALEXANDRIA, La. - Governor Bobby Jindal signs a Five Star Statement of Support pledging his loyalty and support as a Louisiana employer during a visit on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Camp Beauregard, La. Jindal encouraged all employers to sign the document and thanked the Guardsmen for their hard work during the hurricanes. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Tresa L. Allemang, 199th Brigade Support Battalion Unit Public Affairs Representative) Bobby Jindal Camp Beauregard 1-stock-foto
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KING FAROUK'S BIRTHDAY PARADE. FEBRUARY 1945, ALEXANDRIA. BRITISH NAVAL OFFICERS ATTENDING THE GRAND MARCH PAST OF EGYPTIAN MILITARY AND CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE IN HONOUR OF KING FAROUK'S BIRTHDAY. THE GOVERNOR OF ALEXANDRIA, ABDEL KHALEK HASSOUNE, TOOK THE SALUTE FROM THE DAIS IN MOHAMED ALI SQUARE. - Part of the crowd that watched the parade-stock-foto
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KING FAROUK'S BIRTHDAY PARADE. FEBRUARY 1945, ALEXANDRIA. BRITISH NAVAL OFFICERS ATTENDING THE GRAND MARCH PAST OF EGYPTIAN MILITARY AND CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE IN HONOUR OF KING FAROUK'S BIRTHDAY. THE GOVERNOR OF ALEXANDRIA, ABDEL KHALEK HASSOUNE, TOOK THE SALUTE FROM THE DAIS IN MOHAMED ALI SQUARE. - Members of the Alexandria police in the march past-stock-foto
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KING FAROUK'S BIRTHDAY PARADE. FEBRUARY 1945, ALEXANDRIA. BRITISH NAVAL OFFICERS ATTENDING THE GRAND MARCH PAST OF EGYPTIAN MILITARY AND CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE IN HONOUR OF KING FAROUK'S BIRTHDAY. THE GOVERNOR OF ALEXANDRIA, ABDEL KHALEK HASSOUNE, TOOK THE SALUTE FROM THE DAIS IN MOHAMED ALI SQUARE. - The Royal Guard passing the saluting base-stock-foto
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KING FAROUK'S BIRTHDAY PARADE. FEBRUARY 1945, ALEXANDRIA. BRITISH NAVAL OFFICERS ATTENDING THE GRAND MARCH PAST OF EGYPTIAN MILITARY AND CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE IN HONOUR OF KING FAROUK'S BIRTHDAY. THE GOVERNOR OF ALEXANDRIA, ABDEL KHALEK HASSOUNE, TOOK THE SALUTE FROM THE DAIS IN MOHAMED ALI SQUARE. - The saluting base during the march past-stock-foto
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. Notable Londoners, an illustrated who's who of professional and business men. C.PTA1N KONAl.l) tARMICHAEL,D.D.S., L.D.S., R.E.P.S. Hon. Dental Surgeon to Westminster General Dispensary,and Dental Surgeon to Gumley House Schools. CaptainCarmichael served with the tirst Expeditionary Eorce fromthe outbreak of the (Ireat War, was afterwards attachedto the R...M.C., and acted as Senior Dental Surgeon atXo. 17 C^eneral Hospital, .lexandria. While stationedthere he was thanked by the Governor of .Alexandria forsaving the life of his son. He was Dental Surgeon at theRoyal Military Hospital, Devo-stock-foto
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Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards congratulates the cadets on graduating from the Louisiana National Guard's Youth Challenge Program during a graduation ceremony at the Pentecostals of Alexandria Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, June 10, 2017. Edwards is the first seated governor of Louisiana to attend an YCP graduation since the program started in 1993.-stock-foto
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