Contrabands and Freedmen Memorial Cemetery

A powerful message. Moving and gut wrenching. The sculpture captured the traitorous road to freedom. The imagery of thorns and roses is apropo. Freedom is truly at the end of the road.

On a random walk noticed the Freedmans cemetary. It's an amazing piece of history and culture. Very happy that we saw this place. It's small but the history and reflection provided is worth a visit. They also have a listing of the people buried there and and nice little fact on if their descendants have been found.

This was an awesome field trip of AA History In the D.C. area. Glad I came.

Nicely kept cemetery. Unknown African Americans.

Beautiful memorial and a step in the right direction to start peeling away at the white washing of local history.

It's a sobering reminder of the region's history. It's small but the information presented is well-done.

We believe it or not I did install all those grave markers it's 645 of them

Encountered this roadside park and memorial by chance, explored for a couple hours. Preserved site and interpretive signage on an interesting and overlooked footnote to history. No services, food, or weather shelter.

Hidden gem just off Washington Street. Very interesting signage and monuments. Sad but poignant.

Beautiful piece of American history. A graveyard that has a very sad past previously defaced and not respected but now has a sculpture in memory of those lost and as much information about the souls listed as possible.