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Article Archive/February 2012
Updated January 31, 2012
14th Annual Charlotte Pilgrimage Tour™
Let the Healing Continue!™
By Jay Whipple
Trend Magazine
On August 20,
1998, the
Interfaith Pilgrimage stopped through Charlotte
as part of their
journey from Boston to West
Africa. The
Pilgrims re-traced the Middle Passage
slave trade routes as
they prayed for racial healing and atonement for the past
institution of Slavery in the
United States, South America, and
Europe. While in Charlotte, the
Pilgrims took a customized
Black
Heritage Tour™ of Charlotte and
Mecklenburg
County. Among the sites visited by the
Pilgrims was a former
Slave church and three existing
Slave cemeteries.
Each year, Queen City
Tours®and
Travel invites you to experience the re-creation of this special
Charlotte Black
Heritage
Tour™ and Pilgrimage during the month of
February –
Black History Month
Visit three existing
Slave
cemeteries, a former Slave church, and over 50
other sites of
Charlotte African-American history on this tour.
Tours are scheduled
each 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Saturday in
February –
Black History Month – at 10:00
AM and
1:30 PM. Each tour lasts three hours and departs
from the 7th
Street Station in Uptown Charlotte located
at 260
East 7th Street, next to the Lynx Blue Line Light
Rail
Station. FREE parking is available as long as
there are no special
events taking place in Uptown. Catch the
Light Rail
from one of their FREE parking lots south of
Uptown and
SAVE! Guests are treated to souvenir snack bags
that include discounts
from area merchants.Read More>>>
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