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The virtual dedication ceremony of the University of Virginia’s Memorial to Enslaved Laborers today brought together many of the people who strived to create the monument that honors the lives of those who built and sustained the early University – and whose work had been hidden or forgotten over many years. Alumni and UVA leaders recalled the efforts that members of the University community undertook more than 10 years ago to situate a memorial on Grounds, within the boundary of the UNESCO World Heritage site, “to be a space of reflection and healing, a space of truth-telling,” as alumna Jessica Harris said in her introduction.