# Event Details - **Event Name**: Black History Month: Legacy of Enslaved Africans in Van Cortlandt Park - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and Van Cortlandt House Museum for a special Black History Month program exploring the legacy of enslaved AAbout this EventJoin Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and Van Cortlandt House Museum for a special Black History Month program exploring the legacy of enslaved Africans in Van Cortlandt Park.The program will feature two guided tours:Pathways to the Past Walking Tour, led by Ashley Hart Adams, VCPA's Arts Integration Specialist, focusing on the Enslaved African Burial Ground and the broader landscape of memory, history, and labor within the park.Van Cortlandt House Museum Tour, led by Nick Dembowski, VCHM's Site Historian, highlighting the site’s 18th-century history and its connections to enslavement.Together, these tours invite participants to reflect on the lives of enslaved Africans whose labor shaped the park and to consider how history is remembered and honored today.The entire guided experience will be approximately 2 hours long with stops throughout to talk.Black History Month events are part of Van Cortlandt Park Alliance’s initiative. In partnership with the Design Trust for Public Space and Immanuel Oni, Liminal Sp, VCPA invites the community to reimagine the park’s Enslaved African Burial Ground site as a memorial space that fosters long-term healing and restoration. This project is supported by the Mellon Foundation.This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bronx/black-history-month-legacy-of-enslaved-africans-in-van-cortlandt-park/100001981227920042 - **Event Categories**: black-history-month, art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Bronx - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: The Van Cortlandt House Museum - **lat**: 40.8911764 - **long**: -73.89480659999998 - **full address**: The Van Cortlandt House Museum, 6036 Broadway, Bronx, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Black History Month: Legacy of Enslaved Africans in Van Cortlandt Park - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/7838c2129e8964fc609c6bfa569bd230c6ca964a97f92ab87d78b7260528b3ab-rimg-w1200-h600-dc146745-gmir.jpg?v=1769226937 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Black History Month: Legacy of Enslaved Africans in Van Cortlandt Park being held? - **A:** Black History Month: Legacy of Enslaved Africans in Van Cortlandt Park takes place on Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm at The Van Cortlandt House Museum, 6036 Broadway, Bronx, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Black History Month: Legacy of Enslaved Africans in Van Cortlandt Park? - **A:** Black History Month: Legacy of Enslaved Africans in Van Cortlandt Park is organized by Van Cortlandt Park Alliance. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Black History Month: Legacy of Enslaved Africans in Van Cortlandt Park", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/7838c2129e8964fc609c6bfa569bd230c6ca964a97f92ab87d78b7260528b3ab-rimg-w1200-h600-dc146745-gmir.jpg?v=1769226937", "startDate": "2026-02-21", "endDate": "2026-02-21", "url": "https://allevents.in/bronx/black-history-month-legacy-of-enslaved-africans-in-van-cortlandt-park/100001981227920042", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "The Van Cortlandt House Museum", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "6036 Broadway", "postalCode": "10471", "addressLocality": "Bronx", "addressRegion": "NY", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "40.8911764", "longitude": "-73.89480659999998" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and Van Cortlandt House Museum for a special Black History Month program exploring the legacy of enslaved A", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-08", "availabilityEnds": "2026-02-21", "validFrom": "2026-04-08", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/bronx/black-history-month-legacy-of-enslaved-africans-in-van-cortlandt-park/100001981227920042" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-08", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-08", "url": "https://allevents.in/bronx/black-history-month-legacy-of-enslaved-africans-in-van-cortlandt-park/100001981227920042", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-08", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-08", "url": "https://allevents.in/bronx/black-history-month-legacy-of-enslaved-africans-in-van-cortlandt-park/100001981227920042", "price": 0, "name": "Donation" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Van Cortlandt Park Alliance", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/van-cortlandt-park-alliance/17791549", "description": "The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park and the Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy have merged to become a new stewardship organization for the Park: The Van Cortlandt Park Alliance.\r\nThe Van Cortlandt Park Alliance works to preserve, support, and promote the recreational,ecological, and historic value of Van Cortlandt Park, including:\r\n● Elevating the visibility and profile of Van Cortlandt Park;\r\n● Advocating for and supporting maintenance and improvement projects;\r\n● Raising and managing capital and other resources to support improvements;\r\n● Encouraging and supporting appropriate uses of Van Cortlandt Park.\r\n\r\n \r\n" } ] } ] ```