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📆 9 AM - 1 PM on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025📍 at Continental Park, Intersection of Fenwick and Ingalls Roads, Fort Monroe, VA 23651
Project 1619, Inc. and partners, the Fort Monroe Authority, National Park Service and the City of Hampton, invite the public to the 2025 African Landing Day Commemoration. This significant event will take place on Saturday, August 23, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Continental Park, Fort Monroe. The Commemoration will feature remarks by Dijimon Hounsou, a two-time Oscar nominee and founder of the Djimon Hounsou Foundation. There will also be an International Bell Ringing Ceremony, where bells will toll to honor the first enslaved Africans who arrived at Point Comfort, now Fort Monroe, in August 1619.
Free and open to all! Join in this participatory event—come dressed comfortably with walking shoes. Seating is limited, so bring folding chairs or blankets, and water bottles. Enjoy food trucks from 9 AM–3 PM. Weather permitting.
More events & info:
https://visithampton.com/enslaved-african-landing-commemoration/
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Fort Monroe at Old Point Comfort, 20 US-258, Fort Monroe, VA 23651-1061, United States
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