Organized by the Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC, this exhibition is inspired by Dr. Edda Fields-Black’s 2025 Pulitzer Prize Award-Winning Book, Combee: Harriet Tubman, The Combahee River Raid, and […]
Explore some dynamic history on a ranger-led walk to discover “Freedom’s Fortress.” The tour begins at the entrance to the Casemate Museum located at 20 Bernard Road. Free admission. Program is expected to be about 1 hour in length and 2/3 mile in distance. Free. Thursday & Saturday at 1 PM.
On May 22, 2026, history returns to the place where tangible freedom first broke open. The Emerging History of the American Contrabands is a two-day national symposium at Fort Monroe—the […]
The Sankofa Projects will host a commemorative gathering at Outlook Beach in Fort Monroe, Virginia, honoring African ancestors of the Middle Passage. The event seeks to educate, commemorate, and celebrate the richness and diversity of the African diaspora while raising awareness of this tragic chapter in American and global history. Attendees are invited to engage […]
Join us at Fort Monroe on June 19 for a day-long celebration of history, culture and freedom. View the Sail250 Virginia Parade of Sail at the Fort Monroe seawall as […]
A Bold. Glamorous. Unforgettable Theatrical Event. What happens when history, ambition, beauty, and power collide on one stage? A Juneteenth Pageant delivers one of the most unique theatre experiences you’ll see all year—an electrifying blend of Juneteenth history, high-stakes pageantry, and razor-sharp social commentary, wrapped in drama, music, laughter, and jaw-dropping fashion. Written by local […]
On a hot summer day in August 1619, a moment of profound consequence unfolded on the shores of what’s now Hampton, Virginia. It was here that the first enslaved Africans from present day Angola were brought to English North America, marking the beginning of a harrowing chapter in history. On August 22 commemoration events will […]