Article January 2018
20th Annual QCT Charlotte Pilgrimage Tour™
Trend Magazine Online™
By Jay Whipple
Trend Magazine Online™
On August 20, 1998, the Interfaith
Pilgrimage stopped through Charlotte as part of their
journey from Boston to West Africa. The
Pilgrims re-traced the Middle Passage slave
trade routes as they prayed for racial healing and atonement for past
institution of Slavery in the United States, South
America, and Europe. While in
Charlotte, the Pilgrims took a customized
Black Heritage Tour™
of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
Among the sites visited by the Pilgrims was a former
Slave church and three existing Slave
cemeteries. Each year, Queen City
Tours® and Travel invites you to experience the
re-creation of this special Charlotte Black Heritage Tour™
and Pilgrimage during the month of February -
Black History Month
Visit three existing Slave cemeteries, a former
Slave church, and over 50 other sites of
Charlotte Black/African-American history on this tour. Tours are
scheduled daily (except Sundays) in
February - Black History Month - at
10:00 AM and 1:30 PM. Each tour lasts
three hours and departs from the 7th Street Public Market in
Uptown Charlotte located at 224 East 7th
Street, next to the Lynx Blue Line Light Rail
Station. FREE parking is available per their guidelines. Catch the
Light Rail from one of their FREE parking lots
south of Uptown and SAVE!
This event supports the Pilgrimage
Scholarship established in 2008 in honor of the late
Pastor Jeff
Lowrance of Hopewell Presbyterian Church. Each year a
college student studying or preparing to study African-American
history is awarded this scholarship and must maintain at least a
3.0 GPA. In addition, seats are donated by individuals,
organizations, and companies that realize the importance of our
underprivileged youth learning their history as opposed to becoming a part
of negative history.
If you cannot attend you can purchase a digital copy of our Annual Pilgrimage Tour which is
now available via
download. You can also purchase a seat for underprivileged youth and
donate your seat(s). To purchase your donated seat(s) on the 20th Annual QCT Charlotte
Pilgrimage Tour™ visit our
site and indicate that preference in the notes to seller section. Your name
will then appear on our web site as a donor
and we sure do appreciate your gift of knowledge!
To purchase a seat(s) for yourself and/or guest(s) visit our site
to make your reservations. Purchase your seat(s) by
01/31/2018 and receive $10 off.
Purchase your seat(s) by 7 days before and receive
$5 off. Groups of 10 or
more will receive a $10 per person discount. Let
the Healing Continue™ at the 20th Annual QCT Charlotte
Pilgrimage Tour™ 2018.