Order of Service

Introduction – Justin Reid, VA Humanities

Recognition of Tribal lands – Chief Stephen R. Adkins, Chickahominy Indian Tribe

Invocation – Reverend Rodger Hall Reed, Sr.

Family members introduce Emanuel Quivers Historic Marker – Victoria Wassmer

& Denné Reed

Speakers

Welcome to CCC – Michelle Johnson, County Administrator

Historic Marker program – Tim Roberts, DHR Community Outreach Coordinator

Elected Virginia Officials

Senator Jennifer McClellan  

Delegate Delores L. McQuinn

History, “Slavery in Charles City County in the Age of Emanuel Quivers”

Dr. Edna Greene Medford, Professor of History Emerita, Howard University

Poetry Reading, “My Debt to the Ancestors”

Dr. Daryl Cumber Dance, Professor of English Emerita, University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University

Musical Performance – The Sensational Groupenaires

“Home Some Day” & “Until We Meet Again”

Coastal Waters and libation ceremony – Michelle Evans Oliver & Quivers

Descendants

Unveiling of the facsimile marker

Closing Remarks, Invitation to take pictures and join for lunch

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