Walking Where Heroes Tread

“Students” Of Today Celebrate Notables Of History By Traveling To National Sites

Travel lovers rarely resist the urge to pass through historic sites as they globe trot around the world. One man has decided to make a relatively unsung series of locations part of the itinerary of road warriors across the nation.

Nasan Fitz Henley, host, director and creator at World Citizen TV, world traveler, model and lifestyle influencer, was asked by the National Park Foundation to be a spokesman for “Stand Where Heroes Stood.” The effort offers up travel sites which illuminate the black experience and contributions in America.

According to the National Parks site, “Stand Where Heroes Stood is a new creative effort supporting the Find Your Park/Encuentra Tu Parque movement that celebrates African American heritage and culture and inspires people to visualize themselves in parks.”

Henley attended and led a group to the Washington, DC metro area during the 2019 Juneteenth celebration of African American Independence. The National Park Foundation hosted the group on a Find Your Park “Meet Up/Teach Up” event in Washington, D.C.

Residents, guests, community and political leaders and influencers were invited to the ‘Stand Where Heroes Stood’ event as part of a unique African American heritage and cultural immersion.

Fitz Henley and guests explored a walking and trolley tour of important black historical sites with narration by the National Parks, who imparted little-known facts about the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial and “Stone of Hope” statue, the Carter G. Woodson home, the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House and the African American Civil War Memorial.

The tour was followed by a meet & greet in which attendees met, networked and engaged socially while discussing and honoring black trailblazers and their legacies of sacrifice.

Henley says that travelers are hungry for more diverse stories and origins of those who helped forge the world we know today.