Celebrate 220 Blacks that made Virginia's Norfolk Botanical Gardens

You are invited to join us as we celebrate the > 200 African-American women and 20 African-American men > that began this Garden in 1938. > WPA Garden Heritage > Celebration > April 09, 2011 11AM to Noon > Complimentary Admission > between 10AM to 11AM > for guests attending this celebration. > Ms. Ferguson, WPA worker > at NBG 2010 ceremony > Musical Performance > God's Trombones > Mistress of Ceremonies > > Lisa Godley, Producer, WHRO > Greetings from the City of Norfolk > > Paul Riddick, City Council Member > Guest Speaker > > Sukie Amory, Author, The Gift > See flyer for more details! > Azalea Tram Tour following event. > > For additional information > www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org <http://www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org> > 757-441-5830  > Located at 6700 Azalea Garden Road, Norfolk, VA 23518 > > Donna Krabill > Director of Education and Communication > Norfolk Botanical Garden > 6700 Azalea Garden Road, Norfolk, VA 23518 > 757.441.5830 x 335 > www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   "Treason, Abolition and the Long Seminole War" a $19.00 e-Book is FREE during the month of what Virginia's govenor has called Confederate History Month...   There is only one way to fight hateful ignorance; with knowledge...   This e-book is an edited version of a paper I produced in an UNF graduate Florida History course two years ago...   Opio     http://socialnetworking.videowave.me/forum/topics/treason-abolition-and-the-long The U.S. military leaders sent to Florida over a decade after the First Seminole War in 1835 found themselves fighting a formidable foe in a terrain that they could not win. They also began to realize something more peculiar - that they were fighting a war that had all the makings of a slave rebellion. The U.S. Army was the slave catcher. As the debate heated up about slavery, many in the country and in Congress developed distaste for the Seminal War. This war was about Blacks fighting for freedom while the country fought to place them in bondage. BOOK QUOTES   After learning more about the situation in Florida, General Thomas Jesup called the Second Seminole War the “Negro War.â€� Jesup stated that the Army was being used and pushed by wealthy, white southern slave holders to capture runaway slaves or to prevent there from being an area where Blacks can escape to freedom. Congressman Giddings thought it repugnant that the professed Christians were trying to kill or bring back into slavery people who only wanted liberty. Blacks, he said, fled Christians to seek refuge with the Seminoles - so-called savage barbarians. He said that the United States government was acting as slave catchers.