http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/a-long-overdue-honor/ remembering freedom for the slaves ... Tue, 14 May 2013 02:27:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/a-long-overdue-honor/#comment-341 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:15:08 +0000 http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/?p=2077#comment-341 See the full Presidential Proclamation at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/11/01/presidential-proclamation-establishment-fort-monroe-national-monument. This also where the first slaves entered the English colonies, Chief Blackhawk was held, and Jefferson Davis was held after the War of the Rebellion. Here we have our first African-American President honoring this site….it’s almost too much!

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