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Truths that Rise from the Roots Remembered is located in the Alexandria African American Heritage Park. The memorial includes a group of three stylized bronze trees whose surfaces are etched with names, historical information, and photographs of the…

The memorial is composed of a number of distinct elements. A rectangular granite stele on State Street marks the memorial’s entrance. On one side, below the engraved text that reads “African Burying Ground Memorial,” a life-size bronze figure of a…