The trip to the African Burial Ground was a lot of fun. In the beginning I wasn't sure about how the trip would go because we left the campus really late, but after that every thing was on a much better note. Once we arrived at the Burial Ground we went straight into the tour, visiting the memorial that is now built right on the grave site. We learned about these seven symbols that were in graved on the walls at the memorial and we also paid homage to those who were buried there.
Then the tour continued on into the museum that was built right next to the site, in the neighboring building. Once inside the museum there were all kind of exhibits to explore. One of them was a life-like statue that was re-enacting a funeral that was shown in the movie we watched inside the museum as well. There also was an interactive exhibit that had a barrel, and we were supposed to try an push the barrel up the incline, the significance was to show what kind of labor the average slave did back then (by the way the barrel was very heavy). Afterwards we got a chance to visit Harlem, there we went shopping, ate food, and experienced the city a little bit, this was my favorite part of the trip. Overall the trip was a nice break from DC, it was also an educational experience.
By: Morgan Nicholas
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