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Article: RELOCATED SLAVE CEMETERY IS FROM HISTORIC SETTLEMENT.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- December 21, 1997
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Byline: STEPHEN HARRIMAN, STAFF WRITER
WILLIAMSBURG -- They are at rest again, at the wooded edge of a high bluff overlooking a great bend in the 3-mile-wide James River.
On Saturday, Kingsmill on the James, an upscale community, dedicated a monument honoring the memory of the reinterred remains of 25 enslaved Africans who lived more than two centuries ago at a nearby site known as Utopia Quarter.
``This event makes us more conscious of our past, of our legacy,'' Rev. Solomon M. Wesley, the dedication's principal speaker said afterwards. ``It makes us aware of how our present heritage connects with things that happened years ago.
``It ...
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Article: ALVIN/BLOSSER, FESLER/BLOSSER INTERSECTION CLOSURES
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March 7, 2006 ;
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... ... West Main Street to West Taylor Street. This work will require roadway closures at the intersections of Alvin/Blosser and Fesler/Blosser. Blosser Road, one of the City's main north south thoroughfares on the west side, will be widened from two lanes ...
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