Due to current group travel concerns and restrictions, we're planning a mini-pilgrimage in the DC/NoVA area. We're combining two wonderful tours into one eye-opening day of history and hidden narratives.
We'll kick off our day at Union Station in Washington DC, and be led on a walking tour by Kate Denson of DC Justice Walks. Explore major DC sites through the lens of social justice. Examine Christopher Columbus and First Nations of DC while touring Union Station. Experience a different side to the National Mall as a historic protest site, the site of historic slave markets, and the home to the Japanese American Internment Memorial. Join us for a time of history, remembrance, and appreciation for a more hidden side of our Nation's capital.
Then we'll have a break from 12-2pm where you'll take a rest, grab some lunch on your own, and we'll relocate to Old Town Alexandria for an afternoon of exploring Black History and lesser-known narratives in that neighborhood. This 90-minute guided walking tour along the Duke Street corridor in Old Town Alexandria will visit sites connected to the early Alexandria slave trade, such as the former site of Franklin & Armfield and the former Bruin Slave Jail site that held the Edmonson sisters, as well as sites that connect to early African American’s spirituality such Shiloh Baptist Church and the Alexandria National Cemetery.
If you have other questions, please email Karla Petty (karla@inthecoracle.org).