Sites and Stories: African American History in Virginia

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Event Date(s): Tuesday, February 2, 2010 10:00 AM thru Monday, May 31, 2010 5:00 PM

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The Manassas Museum
9101 Prince William Street
Manassas,  VA 20110

Contact Name: Lisa Sievel-Otten

Contact Phone: 703-368-1873

Contact Email: lotten@ci.manassas.va.us

Event Details

A new Manassas Museum exhibit opening in time for Black History Month, will highlight 27 unique African American stories and events depicted on Virginia highway historical markers.

The exhibit, Sites and Stories: African American History in Virginia, illuminates the often little known stories told in those familiar silver and black roadside historic markers found throughout the commonwealth. On loan from the Virginia Historical Society, the exhibit runs from February 2 through May 31.
 

The exhibit hopes to encourage visitors to travel to the physical sites of the historical markers, such as Farmville, Louisa County, New Kent County, Hopewell, Christiansburg, and Norfolk. Some of the sites are tourist destinations with surviving buildings or fortifications, but others only have the markers themselves to commemorate what happened there.

The exhibit and opening reception are included with admission.