Middle Passage Dedication Ceremony
Channel: Walt Akers
Date: 2013-06-03

Conducted on the banks of the York River on Memorial Day 2013, this ceremony marks the installation of the first Port Marker of the Middle Passage Remembrance Project. The ceremony remembers the 2,000,000 African  slaves who died on their journey to the new world, as well as the immense contribution to our history and economy that was made by those who survived.