African Burial Ground

Line stretches down the block to view the memorial

Maya Angelou, Bloomberg, Nadler

GSA Celebrates Dedication of African Burial Ground Memorial   (.PDF 32KB)

African Burial Ground National Monument Dedicated   (.PDF 20KB)

Ceremonial Groundbreaking Held for African Burial Ground Memorial:
National Park Service Releases Management Recommendations for Site   (.PDF 31KB)

Lurita Doan, Administrator, General Services Administration

Designer gives tour to Secretary Kempthorne, Tara Morrison, Lt. Gov. Patterson, Mayor Bloomberg, Edward Lewis of ABG Monument

Rodney Léon : Winning Memorial Design

Rodney Léon Tapped To Design National Historic Landmark Winner to Create Memorial for 17th, 18th-Century Africans (.PDF 29 KB)

Click here to view the winning design for a memorial at the site of the African Burial Ground.

Public Comments

Public comments were submitted by people responding to exhibitions of the five final designs conducted by The National Park Service and the General Services Administration and also through the African Burial Ground web site. The comments were were gathered from September 7 through October 8, 2004 and they are posted on the Memorial: Public Comments page of this web site.

African Burial Ground Memorial Exhibit Brochure (.PDF 290 KB)

Open to the Public

The U.S. General Services Administration is pleased to announce that the African Burial Ground Memorial Site is open for public visitation between the hours of 9 AM and 4PM, Monday through Friday.

Interagency Agreement for African Burial Ground Technical Assistance Between the
National Park Service and the General Services Administration - 09/11/2003 (.PDF 967 KB)

Support Agreement (SA) No. 1
Performed Under Interagency Agreement between NPS and GSA (.PDF 938 KB)

National Park Service Listening Sessions
African Burial Ground - Executive Summary