Sens. Cantwell, Murray Join Resolution to Designate Aug. 20 as Slavery Remembrance Day
November 19, 2021
November 19, 2021
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray joined their Senate Democratic colleagues in a joint resolution to designate August 20th as Slavery Remembrance Day.
"On August 20, 1619, the first 20 enslaved Africans were brought to what is now Fort Monroe, then Point Comfort, in Hampton, Virginia against their will. Whereas the House of Representatives and the Senate recogni . . .
U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray joined their Senate Democratic colleagues in a joint resolution to designate August 20th as Slavery Remembrance Day.
"On August 20, 1619, the first 20 enslaved Africans were brought to what is now Fort Monroe, then Point Comfort, in Hampton, Virginia against their will. Whereas the House of Representatives and the Senate recogni . . .