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Come and see us this Sunday, May 15 at 2:30 pm  for our last concert of the season! This season finale closes our concert cycle by featuring some of the best-loved and most widely recognized music of Aaron Copland, perhaps the quintessential composer of American music, as well as an original composition by the orchestra's […]

Start your visit at the Fort Monroe Visitor & Education Center and hear the stories of Shepard Mallory, Frank Baker, and James Townsend—three enslaved men who sought freedom at Union-held Fort Monroe. There will be living history interpretations, cooking demonstrations, self-guided walking tours throughout the day—all sharing stories of the many freedom seekers who sought […]

A discussion and evening of information about researching the genealogy surrounding African Americans. Winston Favor from the Mariners’ Museum will speak about his project finding Black Stories in museum collections, and there will be a video of Selma Stewart of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society speaking specifically about her knowledge of finding Contraband within […]

A forum presented by the Contraband Historical Society, remembering the Civil War “contrabands” – the first of the enslaved to forge a path to freedom  – and bringing their story down to the present day through descendants who will share their family histories.  Free admission.  This program will be held in the Fort Monroe Visitor […]

Ceremony by the Contraband Historical Society marking the 161st anniversary of the May 24, 1861, “Contraband Decision” at Fort Monroe, The Contraband Decision was the first successful action by an official of the United States Government to confiscate enslaved people from their enslavers. That action signaled the beginning of the end of slavery in the […]

The USAF Heritage of America Band, in partnership with the Fort Monroe Authority will present “Live at 75!,” a free public concert on June 3, 2022, 7:30pm, to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the United States Air Force, and to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Air Combat Command. Concert is FREE and no printed tickets […]

  Join the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for the 33rd annual Clean the Bay Day here at Fort Monroe on June 4 from 9 am to 12 noon.   Click this link to register for the Fort Monroe Location. Each year, on the first Saturday of June, thousands of Virginians simultaneously descend on the rivers, streams, and beaches of […]