African American Waterfront Heritage Trail Ribbon Cutting

A photo gallery of the Ribbon Cutting Event, February 10, 2024.
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African American Waterfront Heritage Trail Ribbon Cutting

The African American Heritage Trail Committee invited the public to join in a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the installation of new interpretive signs along Alexandria’s historic waterfront. These 11 signs and 2 orientation panels illuminate the history of the African American community in Alexandria over the span of several centuries.

African American Heritage Trails. Learn about the trails and view the signs.

Photo Gallery

Group holding the ribbon
Group holding the ribbon
Sign with red ribbon
two men
Audrey Davis speaking
Audrey Davis speaking and sign with ribbon
Speaker at podium
Crowd of people
people with river behind
Mayor Wilson
Program
crowd in park
speaker at podium
Speaker at podium
Group around sign
Group in park
Group around sign with ribbon
Ribbon cutting ceremony
Ribbon cutting ceremony
Group holding the ribbon
people with the sign in Waterfront Park
Eleanor Breen speaking
Speaker in Alexandria Archaeology Museum
Speaker in Alexandria Archaeology Museum
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Group holding the ribbon
African American Heritage Trail Committee Members, Mayor Justin Wilson, Congressman Don Beyer, and members of City Council helped cut the ribbon for the North Trail
Group holding the ribbon
African American Heritage Trail Committee Members, Mayor Justin Wilson, Congressman Don Beyer, and members of City Council helped cut the ribbon for the North Trail
Sign with red ribbon
Ribbon Cutting at the Fishtown Interpretive Sign, Founders Park
two men
Ribbon Cutting at the Fishtown Interpretive Sign, Founders Park
Audrey Davis speaking
Audrey Davis, Director of African American History speaks at the African American Waterfront Heritage Trail Ribbon Cutting
Audrey Davis speaking and sign with ribbon
Audrey Davis, Director of African American History speaks at the African American Waterfront Heritage Trail Ribbon Cutting
Speaker at podium
Tanya Wikins sings during the African American Waterfront Heritage Trail Ribbon Cutting for the North Trail
Crowd of people
African American Waterfront Heritage Trail Committee Members, City Council, and speakers
people with river behind
Rev. Dr. Bernard Reaves of Zion Baptist Church gives a blessing of the North Trail in Founders Park
Mayor Wilson
Justin Wilson, Mayor of Alexandria
Program
African American Waterfront Heritage Trail Proclamation
crowd in park
Over 90 people attended the African American Waterfront Heritage Trail Ribbon Cutting on February 10, 2024
speaker at podium
Don Beyer, Congressman, Virginia District 8
Speaker at podium
McArthur Myers, Worshipful Grand Historian, Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge Virginia
Group around sign
Over 90 people attended the African American Waterfront Heritage Trail Ribbon Cutting on February 10, 2024
Group in park
The Ribbon Cutting of the South Trail was held at Waterfront Park
Group around sign with ribbon
McArthur Myers, Worshipful Grand Historian, Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge Virginia
Ribbon cutting ceremony
Tanya Wikins sings during the African American Waterfront Heritage Trail Ribbon Cutting for the South Trail
Ribbon cutting ceremony
Tanya Wikins sings during the African American Waterfront Heritage Trail Ribbon Cutting for the South Trail
Group holding the ribbon
African American Heritage Trail Committee Members, Mayor Justin Wilson, Congressman Don Beyer, and members of City Council helped cut the ribbon for the South Trail
people with the sign in Waterfront Park
Don Beyer, Congressman Virginia District 8 (left) and Yahney-Marie Sangaré, Alexandria City High School poet (right) in front of the George Henry interpretive sign at Waterfront Park
Eleanor Breen speaking
Eleanor Breen, City Archaeologist speaks during the reception
Speaker in Alexandria Archaeology Museum
Yahney-Marie Sangaré, Alexandria City High School poet, reads her poem in honor of the event
Speaker in Alexandria Archaeology Museum
McArthur Myers, Worshipful Grand Historian, Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge Virginia