Public Memory Renewal Team

Griffen Gun cannon with Joseph Hennessy painting behind.
This picture shows the Phoenixville Civil War Centennial Memorial House in Reeves Parks as it appears from the front at night.

Vision Statement: 

We envision a Phoenixville community that leads the United States in hastening racial and economic liberation through its careful attention to the spiritual, moral, and educational force of its public memory sites. 
 
 

Mission Statement: 

Beginning with the renewal of Phoenixville’s 1963 Civil War Centennial Memorial, we will foster public memory sites in Phoenixville that: 

  1. Educate the public about our region’s roles in both racial oppression and liberation. 

  2. Encourage visitors to dwell with the past and contemplate a more just future together. 

  3. Model for the nation how to use public memory to heal the racial and economic trauma inflicted on all of us by white supremacy. 

  4. Provide a welcoming and sacred gathering place for individual and communal spiritual renewal.

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