Name: History of Slavery on Roosevelt Island Walking Tour
Start: 2026-04-19T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-19T11:30:00-04:00
Location: History of Slavery on Roosevelt Island Walking Tour

April 19, 2026 10:00 AM –11:30 AM

Mapped location of History of Slavery on Roosevelt Island Walking Tour

Overview

See Theodore Roosevelt Island with a new lens. Walk the places where enslaved people lived and worked on “Mason’s Island” plantation from 1792-1860s.

This guided walking tour is sponsored by The Memorializing the Enslaved (MEA) Project, a joint effort of the Arlington Historical Society and the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington.