Description
- Abstract:
- Truths that Rise from the Roots Remembered is located in the African American Heritage Park, a nine-acre memorial park. The memorial includes a group of three stylized bronze trees whose surfaces are etched with names, historical information, and photographs of the African American community in Alexandria; a commemorative grave mound sculpture with limestone supports; and a bronze bookstand. The trees and mound are contained within a circle surrounded by gray flag stone and a semi-circular brick wall. Embedded in the gray flagstone is a red limestone circle, marked with the compass points.
- Notes:
- Truths that Rise from the Roots Remebered (Alexandria, Virginia), Brown University Library
- Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, Center for Digital Scholarship, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)
Access Conditions
- Rights
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Ater, Renée,
"Truths that Rise from the Roots Remebered (Alexandria, Virginia)"
(1995).
African American History.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:wbk43qrb/
Relations
Collection:
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African American History
...The monuments and memorials grouped under this theme acknowledge the important contributions of African Americans to American history. Slavery is anchored in the commemorative works as part of the larger story of Black existence in the United States. Some monuments, …