{"id":63,"date":"2015-09-24T13:54:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T13:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abolitionacre.com\/?p=63"},"modified":"2016-07-18T19:49:18","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T19:49:18","slug":"future-abolition-acre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abolitionacre.com\/future-abolition-acre\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future Abolition Acre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abolition Acre Responses from some of the \u201cwalk \u2018n talkers\u201d, July 18:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Will we mark these spaces?\u00a0 Will we salute the courage of those who challenged the shame and hypocrisy?\u00a0 Will we help spread the word of the courage shown here? \u00a0In AA, we will.\u00a0 \u201cA nation is judged not merely by those it produces, but by those whom it chooses to honor\u201d\u00a0 JFK\u00a0\u00a0 Francis<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI was inspired and left with hope that the AA is woven into BPS elementary school curriculum. \u00a0\u00a0What a gift to BPS children to be informed about the long and rich history of Black Bostonian\u2019s \u00a0resistance to oppression and the role of white allies. ” \u00a0Fran<\/em><\/p>\n

“Abolition Acre has more history to tell a greater view of importance of that part of town.” \u00a0 Frank<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI do hope that Scholars will join to bring this history of life.\u00a0 — never walk by the courthouse w\/o remembering the disgraceful actions who imprisoned Burns.\u201d\u00a0 Ann<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s always a bit of a thrill to stand in the actual location where a historic event took place, and Abolition Acre is full of such locations.\u201d\u00a0 Edith <\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Lost history comes when the story line stops and a new one replaces it. The significance of a place like Abolitionist Acre relates to the history we value and remember. If we can pass that along and impress that story on another person that energy will persist a little longer. We are intent on learning those stories which enrich our lives with color and meaning since we see history as reoccurring. We look backwards to see more clearly what is happening to us now.\u00a0 \u2026\u2026 Let\u2019s use our perspective as historians to act as futurists to create a better society for all of us to enjoy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks for showing us the place where so much important history occurred. ” \u2013Frank <\/em><\/p>\n

“Not one plaque, not one marker of any kind, acknowledges the stirring and disturbing events which occurred in the places you took us\u00a0Saturday.\u00a0 Yet so much of what took place is so positive, and speaks so well of the participants, white and black, men and women, together.\u00a0 To me, the derelict alley way, the broken pavement around city hall plaza, is an apt metaphor for the blind eye we turn to our own history, or at least those parts of our own history that are not pretty to observe. \u00a0………..I am well aware that elsewhere in the city \u2013 \u00a0the African Meeting House, the statues of Garrison, Phillips, Tubman, the fine plaques to Stewart and Walker to name a few \u2013 \u00a0this history is highlighted. But that is not enough.\u00a0 At the very seat of the city\u2019s government, physically right where many of the key events took place, this painful, but also inspiring history is ignored. ” \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Francis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Abolition Acre Responses from some of the \u201cwalk \u2018n talkers\u201d, July 18: “Will we mark these spaces?\u00a0 Will we salute the courage of those who challenged the shame and hypocrisy?\u00a0 Will we help spread the word of the courage shown here? \u00a0In AA, we will.\u00a0 \u201cA nation is judged not merely by those it produces, … Continue reading The Future Abolition Acre<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abolitionacre.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abolitionacre.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abolitionacre.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abolitionacre.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abolitionacre.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abolitionacre.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abolitionacre.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abolitionacre.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abolitionacre.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}