Final Opportunity To Purchase Bricks For Parker-Gray High School 100th Anniversary Memorial Walkway

Press release from the City of Alexandria:

May 14, 2021 at 10:58 AM

Final
Opportunity to Purchase Bricks for Parker-Gray High School 100th Anniversary
Memorial Walkway

For Immediate Release: May 14, 2021

The City of Alexandria and the Alexandria
African American Hall of Fame invite the public to purchase
personalized bricks to add to the memorial walkway recognizing the 100th
anniversary of Parker-Gray High School. The walkway, unveiled to the public on
October 24, 2020, consists of the Parker-Gray Bulldog mascot and engraved
bricks honoring teachers, students, individuals, families, houses of worship
and the greater community. The walkway is located at the main entrance of the
Charles Houston Recreation Center (901 Wythe St.). This final phase to purchase
a brick will end Thursday, May 27. It is anticipated the bricks will be
installed the week of June 14.

The school opened in September 1920 at the site of the current
recreation center and provided African American children with comprehensive
education at a time when segregation and lack of resources, teachers, and
facilities threatened what is now understood as a fundamental right of every
child.

Visit the Alexandria African American Hall of Fame to
purchase a brick, or email aaahalloffame13@gmail.com
or call 571.217.9951 for more information.

For additional information and reasonable disability
accommodation, contact jack.browand@alexandriava.gov or
call 703.746.5504, Virginia Relay 711.

This press release was produced by the City of Alexandria.The views expressed here are the author’s own.