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Join us at Fort Monroe on Saturday, August 29, for a day of remembrance, reflection and renewal marking the 407th anniversary of the 1619 landing of the first recorded Africans in English North America. The day begins at 9 a.m. with the William Tucker 1624 Society’s annual ceremony of remembrance, followed at 10:30 a.m. by the National Ceremony of Remembrance and Renewal and the unveiling of the newest sculpture at the African Landing Memorial. The sculpture honors Antony and Isabella and their son William, among the first known African family in English North America and represents an important new chapter in telling this enduring American story.