Conceived in the spirit of Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, America’s Hallowed Ground project seeks to honor sites of past struggles, conflicts, and sacrifices that are significant to American history, particularly its history of racial inequality. Many of these sites and their historical connection are not widely known today.
We are artists, documentarians, designers, anthropologists, historians, and ethicists dedicated to the belief that all are created equal, and to the hope that our nation of pain and promise, may live up to its ideals and experience a new birth of freedom. Believing that we must come to terms with all our past, our project strives to listen to and learn from the voices of hallowed grounds calling out for recognition, truth, and reconciliation. We know we cannot hallow ground, as Lincoln said, but we can listen for the voices of those who have.
We dedicate our work to all United States citizens, new immigrants, and anyone living beyond our borders whose family members, friends, or loved ones have suffered and died in the unjust struggles of, by, and for this nation, especially those who have suffered because of America’s failure to live up to our ideals of liberty and justice for all. We dedicate ourselves to collaboration with local communities and descendants. Together we seek to amplify the voices of those who have struggled and died on sacred grounds.
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