Sunday, October 29, 2023 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Off-Campus Location
Listen and learn about the different “buried” histories of Chimborazo Park in the post-Civil War era.
Laura Fretwell will discuss the African American residents who lived on Chimborazo Hill alongside the Freedmen’s Bureau and how they were affected by the construction of the city park.
Chimborazo Park, corner of Broad & 32nd St
(Rain plan: inside Chimborazo Medical Museum)
Laura Brannan Fretwell, PhD candidate, George Mason University, lbranna@gmu.edu
