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WE thank you for viewing and we invite you to join us at any or all or our events!
Our Event in March:
Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Virginia, “Living History”
event this March 7th - Angel Visit Baptist Church, Route 17, Dunnsville. - 3pm. - 5:30pm The event is
free but reservations would be appreciated as space is limited.
The Voices of Freedom will present a two hour program, followed by a 30 minute question and answer
period.
The program format will be generally as follows: (All Living historians will participate in period first
person)
• A short film entitled “The Forgotten Fourteen”, about the battle that took place the early morning of
Sep 29th, 1864, at Richmond Heights VA (vic Richmond International Airport) and the 14 United States
Colored Troops (USCT) awarded the Medal of Honor (MOH) for their unqualified bravery during that
battle. No single battle in American history, to date has awarded as many. Note: In 1917 a commission
was convened to review ever MOH award, up to that time. 911 were revoked but every one awarded to a
USCT or sailor was upheld.
• A conversation with Thomas Morris Chester – the only African American correspondent reporting
for a major publication, The Philadelphia Press
• Observe Chester interview USCT James Daniel Gardner, of Gloucester County Va.. Gardner is a
USCT MOH recipient and one of the fourteen at New Market Heights.
• Short Break
• Another forgotten group of African American men and women (at least 12) are the 18,000 sailors
who served on every Union ship from as early as 1861 (Black ground troops were not authorized until
1863). Nine HOH recipients were black sailors and at least one, Robert Blake is believed to be buried
on the Middle Peninsula. The Middle Peninsula contributed 70, with 39 coming from Essex County and
27 from Middlesex. These brave souls will be honored by a group of youth training to be naval “living
historians”.
• Conversation with Fredrick Douglass, the noted American abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor,
orator, author, statesman and reformer. Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia",
Douglass is one of the most prominent figures in African American and United States history.
• Conversations with several African American woman know as the “Black Dispatch”. These women
were spies in the enemy camp. One, Elizabeth Bowser, a college graduate pretending to be illiterate,
was an “up front” house servant for Confederate President Jeff Davis. Browser is enshrined in the US
Army Intelligence Hall of Fame. Harriet Tubman will be portrayed in her little known role as the
“General”. Tubman is the only American women to have ever led American combat troops in raids
behind enemy lines. She was buried March 10, 1913, with full military honors. These courageous
women, as well as others will all be presented by Dr. Saundra Cherry
• Questions and answers with both in and out of character responses from the presenters.
WE thank you for viewing and we invite you to join us at any or all or our events!
Our Event in March:
Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Virginia, “Living History”
event this March 7th - Angel Visit Baptist Church, Route 17, Dunnsville. - 3pm. - 5:30pm The event is
free but reservations would be appreciated as space is limited.
The Voices of Freedom will present a two hour program, followed by a 30 minute question and answer
period.
The program format will be generally as follows: (All Living historians will participate in period first
person)
• A short film entitled “The Forgotten Fourteen”, about the battle that took place the early morning of
Sep 29th, 1864, at Richmond Heights VA (vic Richmond International Airport) and the 14 United States
Colored Troops (USCT) awarded the Medal of Honor (MOH) for their unqualified bravery during that
battle. No single battle in American history, to date has awarded as many. Note: In 1917 a commission
was convened to review ever MOH award, up to that time. 911 were revoked but every one awarded to a
USCT or sailor was upheld.
• A conversation with Thomas Morris Chester – the only African American correspondent reporting
for a major publication, The Philadelphia Press
• Observe Chester interview USCT James Daniel Gardner, of Gloucester County Va.. Gardner is a
USCT MOH recipient and one of the fourteen at New Market Heights.
• Short Break
• Another forgotten group of African American men and women (at least 12) are the 18,000 sailors
who served on every Union ship from as early as 1861 (Black ground troops were not authorized until
1863). Nine HOH recipients were black sailors and at least one, Robert Blake is believed to be buried
on the Middle Peninsula. The Middle Peninsula contributed 70, with 39 coming from Essex County and
27 from Middlesex. These brave souls will be honored by a group of youth training to be naval “living
historians”.
• Conversation with Fredrick Douglass, the noted American abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor,
orator, author, statesman and reformer. Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia",
Douglass is one of the most prominent figures in African American and United States history.
• Conversations with several African American woman know as the “Black Dispatch”. These women
were spies in the enemy camp. One, Elizabeth Bowser, a college graduate pretending to be illiterate,
was an “up front” house servant for Confederate President Jeff Davis. Browser is enshrined in the US
Army Intelligence Hall of Fame. Harriet Tubman will be portrayed in her little known role as the
“General”. Tubman is the only American women to have ever led American combat troops in raids
behind enemy lines. She was buried March 10, 1913, with full military honors. These courageous
women, as well as others will all be presented by Dr. Saundra Cherry
• Questions and answers with both in and out of character responses from the presenters.
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