Fort Monroe Visitor & Education Center

This month in honor of African Landing Day, we are reading Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and illustrated by Luisa Uribe, showcasing the beauty in every name as a little girl’s mother teaches her the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx and Middle Eastern names! After, spend some time with us to create […]

Take a walk with us and engage in the stories of the people who created pathways of opportunity for others. Walk in their footsteps and experience the historical sites where their legacies live on.  Free admission.  Advance registration is not required.  Tours are weather permitting.

Take a walk with us and engage in the stories of the people who created pathways of opportunity for others. Walk in their footsteps and experience the historical sites where their legacies live on.  Free admission.  Advance registration is not required.  Tours are weather permitting.

Can you hear it? That’s the sounds of music and dance! Make your own instruments so you can create and dance to your own music. All activities are inspired by African art and culture to commemorate African Landing Day.