More than 400 years after Antony, Isabella and their son William arrived at Point Comfort from Angola aboard the White Lion, Virginia's first African American family has a sculpture in their honor.

The first installation of the African Landing Memorial was unveiled Saturday at Fort Monroe in Hampton during a National Ceremony of Remembrance and Renewal — the culmination of African Landing Commemoration Week.

Wanda Tucker, a descendant of William Tucker, put the moment in perspective.

"Isabella and Antony and those survivors of the White Lion, they didn't come by choice. They were here by force. But what they did after they got here is what matters. And that's how I'm still here," Tucker said.

Governor Abigail Spanberger called the moment a responsibility for all Virginians.

Two more installations are planned — one later this year and a final 25-foot-wide Relief Wall in 2028.