Two events in November reinforced the power of calling out names of previously forgotten people.

Streets named after Confederate generals and others—overdue for a change.

A moving ceremony to formally open a moving place.

Imagining the creativity and scholarship coming out of Carter Woodson’s “home office” on Ninth Street NW in Washington, DC.

As I get vaccinated for COVID-19, I remembered that a Civil War smallpox vaccination campaign had its hiccups.

Alexandria Archaeology held a reception and model unveiling on Saturday night.

This wonderful photograph of Harriet Tubman, re-discovered last year, is now conserved and in the public domain!

There's been a lot in the paper lately about Freedom House in Alexandria. Here's some background.

Anna Lynch (1925-2017), much loved and respected, honored at the Lyceum on September 23.

The Confederate veteran has stood on Alexandria's main north-south thoroughfare for more than 100 years. What should happen to it now?

Julia Wilbur found an eclipse had a "baleful" effect on her mood.

How to choose 8 people to recognize at the base of a monument to honor emancipation and freedom? With difficulty.

More than 200 pieces of an 18th century ship, each triple-wrapped and on its way to Texas A&M for conservation. A good event in Alexandria, the day after the shootings at Simpson Field.

Harriet Tubman in her mid-40s--a newly discovered photo that is a real gem!

Well before Facebook and Twitter, 19th-century activists still connected and mobilized.

No protest marches in Julia Wilbur's life, but she was there in spirit.

Washington, DC, September 24, 2016--opening of African American History Museum and Library of Congress Book Festival. September 24, 1866--visits to Andrew Johnson and a cure for a "secret disease"

A ceremony at Arlington Cemetery honored female soldiers of the Civil War--women who hid their identities and fought side-by-side with men.

The Confederate veteran has stood on Alexandria's main north-south thoroughfare for more than 100 years. Once grass grew between the cobblestones at his feet.