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RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL

    

900 E. Broad Street, Suite 200 - Richmond, Virginia  23219 -
www.council.richmondva.gov

 

 

Media Advisory

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Friday, 12 September 2008

 

 

Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission to hold open public forums on
memorializing Richmond Negro Burial Grounds in Shockoe Bottom

 

Entire Richmond community invited and encouraged to attend and participate

 

WHAT              The Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission will hold
open                                         

                        forum public community forum meetings to hear and
discuss ideas from                           

                        Richmond citizens on how to properly memorialize the
site of an historic                           

                        Richmond Negro Burial Grounds located in the Shockoe
Bottom area of                          

                        Richmond. Land on this site was recently identified
and set aside by                                  

                        Virginia Commonwealth University. The entire
Richmond community is                               

                        invited and encouraged to attend and participate in
this important                                  

                        community discussion. The first meeting will take
place as follows:

 

WHEN/            Richmond City Council Slave Trail Committee: MEETING 1

WHERE            Date:              Tuesday, September 23, 2008

                        Time:               6:30 - 8:30 p.m. 

                        Location:       Richmond Public Library - Main
Library 

                                                101 East Franklin Street -
Richmond (Downtown)

 

                        Additional meeting date/time to be announced.

 

CONTACT      For more information, please contact Sam Patterson, at
804.646.3012.

 

BACKGROUND

The result of years of ongoing discussions at the state, local and federal
level, a consensus was reached on August 28, 2008 between leaders of
Richmond City Council, Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR), and
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to preserve, rededicate and
memorialize land identified as an historic Richmond Negro Burial Ground.
This area was a burial ground (estimated in use from 1750's to 1812) for
free and enslaved Africans. 

 

 

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______________________________________

Steven R. Skinner, APR

Public Information Manager

Office of the Chief of Staff

RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL

900 E. Broad Street, Suite 305

Richmond, Virginia  23219

804.646.6052 (office)

804.335.4054 (mobile)

804.937.1386 (home/mobile)

804.646.5468 (fax)

skinnesr at ci.richmond.va.us

______________________________________

 

MISSION The mission of Richmond City Council 

is to represent citizens in creating and amending 

local laws, providing government policy and 

oversight, and approving the city budget.

 

VISION Richmond City Council is committed to 

creating a vibrant community that is a great place 

to live, work, learn, play, visit and raise a family.

 

 

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