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'We will remember': Work begins on W&M's memorial to the enslaved


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 Faculty, staff, students and community members attended the ceremony to mark the beginning of construction on the memorial. Titled “Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved,” the brick structure will resemble a fireplace and will feature the names of people who are known to have been enslaved by the university.
 Photo by Stephn Salpukas
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 Faculty, staff and alumni push down the top of a brick wall that stands where the memorial will be constructed.
 Photo by Stephen Salpukas
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 President Emeritus Taylor Reveley LL.D. ’18, W&M President Katherine A. Rowe and Jody Allen Ph.D. ’07 push down a large panel of the wall in the location where the memorial will be constructed. ....

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W&M Charter Day to honor community builders


Innovative leaders in diversity and arts to receive honorary degrees at the university’s 2021 virtual ceremony 
Four community builders two longtime professors who made significant strides for diversity and equity at William & Mary and beyond, along with an award-winning chef and entrepreneur and a Virginia Indian tribal leader and artist will be honored by the university during its 2021 Charter Day ceremony.
The event, held annually to mark the day on which the university was founded by British royal charter in 1693, will be presented virtually in accordance with health and safety precautions around the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be streamed on the university’s Charter Day website at 7 p.m. on Feb. 11. ....

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