Students pay tribute to slaves schools are named after
A group of students from Mount Vernon visited the historic Saint Paul's Church to pay tribute to the two slaves their schools are named after. The Longfellow elementary and middle schools were renamed
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Oct 2, 2015, 4:58 PM
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A group of students from Mount Vernon visited the historic Saint Paul's Church to pay tribute to the two slaves their schools are named after.
The Longfellow elementary and middle schools were renamed the Rebecca Turner Elementary School and the Benjamin Turner Middle School in honor of two slaves who lived in the area in the 1800s.
The fourth and seventh-graders laid carnations at Rebecca Turner's gravesite Thursday.
Officials hope the event will help 'humanize' their schools' namesakes.
Officials say Rebecca and Benjamin Turner lived in the vicinity of St. Paul's Church. They had six children who all attended the church.
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