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Liberation and Freedom Day at Monticello, Revisited


  • Monticello 931 Thomas Jefferson Parkway Charlottesville, VA, 22902 United States (map)

Liberation and Freedom Day, celebrated each March 3, commemorates the emancipation of the 14,000 men, women, and children who were enslaved in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Please join us at Monticello as we acknowledge this important moment in our community’s history with a live panel discussion. Panelists will include archivist and descendant of Monticello’s enslaved community, Calvin Jefferson; descendant of Monticello’s enslaved community and Monticello’s Public Relations and Community Engagement Officer, Gayle Jessup White; and local historian Sam Towler HERE.