About Milen Mehari

Milen Mehari is a proud native of Keren, Eritrea. She is a rising senior at the University of Mary Washington, studying Women and Gender Studies, English, and Digital Studies. Milen loves storytelling, the moments wherein folks find the humanity in one another’s experiences. In the future, she hopes to continue to bring love and kindness to the fight for Eritrean liberation.

Articles created by Milen Mehari

Pictured here is the Ravaged Town State Marker

April 10, 2018

by Milen Mehari

Ravaged Town

Inscription: Fredericksburg had enjoyed more than a century of comfortable prosperity by 1860. Although its economic heydey was past, the…

Pictured here is Shiloh Church (new Site)

April 16, 2018

by Milen Mehari

Shiloh Baptist Church (New Site)

Inscription: In 1886, the African Baptist Church, on Sophia Street, sustained serious flood damage. The congregation purchased a new site…

Pictured is the Shiloh Church (Old Site) building

April 16, 2018

by Milen Mehari

Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site)

Inscription: Former slaves, as well as free blacks, realized that education was critical to African-American aspirations. Immediately after the…

Pictured here is the entrance to the Willis Hill Cemetery

April 24, 2018

by Milen Mehari

Willis Hill Cemetery

Inscription: This quiet hilltop graveyard, dating to the mid-eighteenth century, sheltered Confederate soldiers during the Battle of Fredericksburg. Medical personnel…