Please come celebrate the placing of two bronze stumbling stone plaques (like the one shown here) honoring Orville and Jackson, enslaved by Bushrod Hunter on his Brookdale Estate, a part of which is modern day Lyon Park. On Saturday, November 15, the dedication begins at 10:00 a.m. at the corner of North Garfield and 4th Street North, and will be followed by an outdoor reception. All are welcome!

“The Board of Governors of the Lyon Park Community Center applauds the “Memorializing Enslaved in Arlington” initiative, a project sponsored by the Arlington Historical Society and the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington, and the marking with bronze plaques of locations where enslavement occurred, described as “stumbling stones,” placed in public rights of way. The Board is honored to recognize the placement of two stumbling stones at the southwest corner of our park, at the intersection of N. Garfield and 4th Street North.”  

—Official BOG proclamation