They gathered at Sawyer Point on Saturday to celebrate an idea as much as to raise the money to help bring it to life.
Organizers say that's more than twice as many people who attended last year's event.
From city and suburbs, people donned event shirts and walked around downtown with financial support from friends and co-workers. They didn't walk for the exercise. The meaning was evident to Charles Dantzler, who lives in Wyoming and walked and ran the 6 miles. When the slaves got tired, they rested and walked. Then they ran.