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By Roger Dean Meyer, May 13, 2007
Wider view of the marker and the future park area.
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | 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 |
| | . . . — — Map (db m73446) HM |
| | 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 |
Apr. 25, 2024