Annual Slave memorial Wreath laying Ceremony
This year's Slave Memorial Wreath Laying Ceremony will take place
Saturday, October 4, 2025 at George Washington's Mount Vernon at 11:00 a.m.,
This event is FREE to the public.
For more information, please contact BWUFA at 703-804-3163
Saturday, October 4, 2025 at George Washington's Mount Vernon at 11:00 a.m.,
This event is FREE to the public.
For more information, please contact BWUFA at 703-804-3163
The Annual Wreath Laying Ceremony is in honor of all of the Enslaved, not just laid to rest at Mount Vernon, but wherever they may lie that lived and died as Slaves. Every year this ceremony becomes more and more meaningful as with the times some of our history is becoming less authentic. In order to celebrate the liberty and freedom our ancestors dreamed about and hoped for we have to commemorate their very existence. We must continue in servitude by paying homage to those that suffered and toiled with the FAITH that one day they would be free again and in their native land.
Each year, BWUFA and its partner for this event, The Mount Vernon's Ladies Association, bring to life this ceremony and celebration with dance, music poetry reading, historians, and completed with a silent walk from the once plantation yard to the Slave Memorial where everyone joins in praise and the laying of the wreath in honor of our ancestors. All done with grace. .
Each year, BWUFA and its partner for this event, The Mount Vernon's Ladies Association, bring to life this ceremony and celebration with dance, music poetry reading, historians, and completed with a silent walk from the once plantation yard to the Slave Memorial where everyone joins in praise and the laying of the wreath in honor of our ancestors. All done with grace. .
Remembering enSlaved of Mount Vernon
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(Above Pictured left to right) Dancers from Dance Dimensions perform at the annual memorial service. President of Black Women United for Action Sheila Coates is joined by Melody Richardson, Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association Vice Regent for Ohio, at the annual remembrance ceremony in honor of the lives of the enslaved at the Mount Vernon Estate.
Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories
Visit the Library of Congress website's recordings of former slaves in Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories. Recordings took place between 1932 and 1975 in nine states.
- Interview with Sarah Ashton Brooks, Albemarle County, Virginia, Summer or Fall 1934.
- Interview with Sally Ashton, Albemarle County, Virginia, Summer or Fall 1934.
- Interview with Fountain Hughes, Baltimore, Maryland, June 11, 1949.
- Interview with unidentified former slaves from Virginia, Petersburg, Virginia, ca. 1937-1940.
- Interview with Annie Williams, Petersburg, Virginia, ca. 1937-1940.
- Interview with Mrs. Williams, Norfolk, Virginia, ca. 1937-1940.
- Interview with Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson, Oldhams, Virginia, 1935 (part 1 of 6).
- Interview with Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson, Oldhams, Virginia, 1935 (part 2 of 6).
- Interview with Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson, Oldhams, Virginia, 1935 (part 3 of 6).
- Interview with Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson, Oldhams, Virginia, 1935 (part 4 of 6).
- Interview with Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson, Oldhams, Virginia, 1935 (part 5 of 6).
- Interview with Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson, Oldhams, Virginia, 1935 (part 6 of 6).
- Interview with Sarah Garner, Virginia, May 7, 1935 (part 1 of 4).
- Interview with Aunt Phoebe Boyd, Dunnsville, Virginia, 1935 (part 1 of 8).
- Interview with Aunt Phoebe Boyd, Dunnsville, Virginia, 1935 (part 2 of 8).
- Interview with Aunt Phoebe Boyd, Dunnsville, Virginia, 1935 (part 3 of 8).
- Interview with Aunt Phoebe Boyd, Dunnsville, Virginia, 1935 (part 4 of 8).
- Interview with Aunt Phoebe Boyd, Dunnsville, Virginia, 1935 (part 5 of 8).
- Interview with Aunt Phoebe Boyd, Dunnsville, Virginia, 1935 (part 6 of 8).
- Interview with Aunt Phoebe Boyd, Dunnsville, Virginia, 1935 (part 7 of 8).
- Interview with Aunt Phoebe Boyd, Dunnsville, Virginia, 1935 (part 8 of 8).