WTKR

Fort Monroe marks 'African Landing Day' with ceremony at future monument site

FORT MONROE, Va. — As people gather on Saturday to commemorate 405 years since the first landing of enslaved Africans at Fort Monroe in Hampton, the event will have special significance this year. The ...

The First Africans in Virginia Landed in 1619. It Was a Turning Point for Slavery in American History—But Not the Beginning

It was in 1619, "about the latter end of August," that an English privateer ship reached Point Comfort on the Virginia peninsula—and changed history ...
WTKR

African Landing Memorial at Fort Monroe honors enslaved Africans and descendants

HAMPTON, Va. — June 19, 1865 marks the day the last enslaved Black people learned they were emancipated from the Confederacy. Now a national holiday, Juneteenth offers a moment to celebrate freedom ...
WAVY-TV

Fort Monroe remembers first enslaved Africans

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — This weekend is a big one at Fort Monroe in Hampton, as it will be filled with events to honor the first enslaved Africans brought here in 1619. The commemoration includes ...
Daily Press

Column: Fort Monroe is a world landmark, not merely a ‘regional’ one

Even more than Monticello, Fort Monroe on Point Comfort (look right when nearing Hampton on the bridge tunnel) inherently commemorates the world’s first freedom nation’s founding. Thankfully, ...
Daily Press

Oscar nominee to speak at African Landing Day Commemoration at Fort Monroe

African Landing Day Commemoration is presented by Project 1619 Inc. along with Fort Monroe Authority, National Park Service and the City of Hampton. The event Saturday is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at ...