Announcing a new tour of African-American heritage sites in Staunton and Augusta County, Virginia.
Explore a new, family-friendly interactive trail of sites important to African-American history in Staunton and surrounding Augusta County, Virginia. The result of support from the American Evolution™ 2019 Commemoration this remarkable trail will take explorers to sites that are relevant to African-Americans’ entry to the area as slaves in the 1600’s, onward to the Civil Rights Era of the 1950’s and 60’s, and more.
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The trail uses the free Traipse smartphone app which allows you to explore at your leisure, it keeps you active with site-specific challenges, and engages your curiosity with extra, curated resources about each location.
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The trail is now available in the Traipse app!
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- If there's a site in Augusta County relevant to African-American heritage that you'd like to see added to the trail, please be in touch.