It over in 1933, and what it means moving into the future, because as a country, we always need to examine and reexamine our history in order to decide where we want to go forward. And arlington house is an amazing place to be able to do that. So, we can examine the meaning of the civil war. We can examine the meaning of the life of robert e. Lee, his family, the impact his decision made on history, the lives of the enslaved people here, the consequences of that war. Surrounding this mansion, Arlington Cemetery was created both as a means to honor the dead, but, again, as a way of gaining revenge or justice perhaps if you want to call it that against robert e. Lee. But how do we as a country view the events of that war and its after effects . The period of reconstruction. Well, arlington house is determined in the National Park service and it is determined to seize the opportunity and move forward and perhaps lead the nation here. And to make more of it and something of it that can hel
Cspan. Org history. Each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and Historic Places to learn what artifacts reveal about history. Next, the arlington house to hear from descendants of one of the families. In about ten minutes, well hear from craig syphax who describes the story of freedmans village, a community established on the former plantation grounds to transition slaves into independent and free lives. But first, stephen hammond. Natural hazards dealt with earthquakes, landslides a variety of hazards that affected the united states. My connection with the syphax family is an interesting one. My third grade grandmother was a slave at the cater house in washington, d. C. , and her brother is Charles Syphax who actually was a slave here on Arlington National cemetery property. And we go way back in terms of their connections to mt. Vernon and the local area here. Charles was actually a dower slave in mt. Vernon. We believe he was born about 1791. He basically became a support
Join The Black Heritage Museum of Arlington, WalkArlington, and Columbia Pike Partnership as we present our third-annual Juneteenth Black Heritage Walk. Discover Black heritage in Arlington on a walk led by Craig Syphax, a board member and former president of the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington. This two-hour guided walk will take place near Columbia
WalkArlington, in partnership with Columbia Pike Partnership and the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington, presents a Juneteenth Black Heritage Walk. Discover Black heritage in Arlington on a walk to honor Juneteenth led by Craig Syphax, a board member and former president of the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington and a member of the well-known Syphax