Fort Monroe ceremony marks 15 years of remembering African lives lost in the Middle Passage

Fort Monroe ceremony marks 15 years of remembering African lives lost in the Middle Passage

Flowers lined the shoreline at Outlook Beach at Fort Monroe National Monument Saturday as the Sankofa Projects hosted its 15th Annual International Day of Remembrance. It was a spiritual ceremony honoring the millions of African men, women, and children who died during the Middle Passage of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.The United Nations has described the Transatlantic Slave Trade as the largest forced migration in history and one of the most i…