{"id":142687,"date":"2026-02-04T00:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T00:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/142687\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T00:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T00:32:07","slug":"the-circle-of-chains-slavery-memorial-opens-to-public-in-floridas-capital-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/142687\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Circle of Chains\u2019 slavery memorial opens to public in Florida\u2019s capital city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV\/Florida Capital Bureau) &#8211; A memorial dedicated to the legacy of slavery across Florida is now welcoming visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Legislative Black Caucus dedicated the memorial during a ceremony across the street from the Capitol on Tuesday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Circle of Chains is a memorial depicting six enslaved African people. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Lawmakers like Sen. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, said it is important to recognize the history of slavery in the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt tells every child that walks past it that your story matters, your struggle matters, your contribution matters,\u201d Rouson said. \u201cIt tells every visitor that this nation was built by many hands and every hand deserves honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">State lawmakers are also working on building the state\u2019s first Black history museum near St. Augustine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WCTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV\/Florida Capital Bureau) &#8211; A memorial dedicated to the legacy of slavery across Florida is now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[69165,8601,5034,69163,50281,28,30,29,5623,69164,4738,13979,2663,199],"class_list":["post-142687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-african-people","tag-capitol","tag-ceremony","tag-circle-of-chains","tag-dedication","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-lawmakers","tag-legislative-black-caucus","tag-memorial","tag-slavery","tag-st-augustine","tag-st-petersburg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}