Related Historical Markers

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Related Historical Markers

To better understand the relationship, study each marker in the order shown.

By Roger Dean Meyer, May 13, 2007

Wider view of the marker and the future park area.

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► Virginia, Alexandria, Southwest Quadrant — E-109 — Freedmen’s Cemetery —

Federal authorities established a cemetery here for newly freed African Americans during the Civil War. In January 1864, the military governor of Alexandria confiscated for use as a burying ground an abandoned pasture from a family with Confederate . . . — — Map (db m122082) HM

2 ► Virginia, Alexandria, Southwest Quadrant — "Pursuers of Booth the Assassin" — Alexandria National Cemetery —

. . . — — Map (db m73446) HM

3 ► Virginia, Alexandria, Southwest Quadrant — 1323 Duke Street – From Slavery to Freedom and Service — Alexandria Heritage Trail —

Text, upper half of marker panel: This house, built by Emmanuel Jones by 1888, stands at the corner of a block that witnessed the extremes of 19th century African American experience. From a slave trading company to significant . . . — — Map (db m46124) HM

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