Ora McCoy, 76, of Appomattox, and Terry E. Brown, superintendent of Fort Monroe National Monument, launch the nationwide bell-ringing ceremony at 3 p.m. Sunday at Fort Monroe as part of the ceremony. Bells at national parks, churches and other places across the country rang for four minutes — one minute for each century — in honor of the first Africans in English North America 400 years ago. The bell belonged to Ms. McCoy’s family. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)
