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PAST FAMILY REUNIONS

Newport News, VA

1939, 1960, 1963, 1975, 1981

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No Reunion (World War II)

1940-1944

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Richmond, VA

1945, 1972, 1983, 1992, 1995,

2003, 2006, 2008 , 2018. 2020 (Canceled)

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Sites not recorded

1946-1959, 1961, 1962, 1964-1966,

1968-1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978

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Glen Arden, MD

1967, 1977

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Washington, DC

1979, 2010

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Philadelphia, PA

1980, 1986, 1993

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Orange, NJ

1982

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New Kent ,VA

1984, 1985

Alpine Bay, AL

1987

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Williamsburg, VA

1988

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Atlanta, GA

1989, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2019, 2024

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Silver Spring, MD

1990

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Baltimore, MD

1991

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Jackson, MS

1994, 2012

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Hampton, VA

1996, 2002

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Springfield, VA

1997

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Raleigh, NC

1998, 2013

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McLean, Va

2000

Tampa, FL

2001

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Lanham, MD

2005

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Virginia Beach, VA

2007

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South Hill, VA

2011

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Wakefield, VA

2014, 2015

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Greenbelt, MD

2016

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Chase City, VA

2017

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Nashville, TN

2021

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CANCELLED

2012, 2020, 2022

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Alexandria, VA

2025

Our History
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Did  you know that the late Vernell Bowman-Bruce worked at the Freedmen's Hospital which opened in 1862 as the first of its kind to serve former slaves.  It is also were Charles Drew famously discovered a new way to process blood plasma allowing for lifesaving transfusions. This hospital is known today as Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC.

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Weaving Tradition and Culture with Love

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