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In a previous message I said:

>>On July 4 of 1999 a sculpture, commissioned and created out of aluminum in
the US Virgin Islands, was ceremoniously presented along the Hudson River in
the NY State Park there. After the ceremony, it was taken 1 nautical mile for
every body removed from the "African Burial Ground" and buried at sea at the
appropriate distance from the US shore. This ceremony was promoted to bring
"closure" for those of unknown number who died in the crossing of the oceans
to be held in slavery, but died on the way over. This symbolic symbol is to
being duplicated on shore in other parts of the Caribbean and provided as
"tokens" to remind the present of its past. To loosely describe it, it
reminds me of a modern depiction of a "whale bone gate" for those who have
heard or seen of such things, two arches arising from squares on the ground
to almost touch like the gnashing of two large teeth, at the to, through
which one may have walked.<<

It was reported on July 4, 1999. Please excuse this info it was entirely from
memory. The link above or below describes the actual events and purposes.

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George J. Myers, Jr.