Congressman Al Green Commemorates 3rd Annual Slavery Remembrance Breakfast in the U.S. Capitol House Dining Room and Responds to President Trump’s Shameful Remarks Regarding Slavery

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Al Green announced that he will host a press conference on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. ET in the House Triangle following the Slavery Remembrance Legislative Update Breakfast Meeting. 

The press conference will acknowledge the commemoration of August as Slavery Remembrance Month and August 20th as Slavery Remembrance Day. Congressman Al Green will also deliver remarks responding to President Trump’s Truth Social comment that the Smithsonian Museum focuses too much on “how bad slavery was.”

In addition, Congressman Al Green will emphasize the Slavery Remembrance Commemorative Colloquy Ceremony, which reminds us that “We Must Always Remember” slavery as well as the great strides made by the “Scions of the Enslaved Africans Sacrificed to Make America Great,” in spite of slavery and its invidious offsprings. However, we still have a way to go. A copy of the Slavery Remembrance Colloquy is accessible here.

Congressman Al Green stated, “Slavery Remembrance Day reminds us that confronting the honest, yet brutal truths of our past is essential. When institutions like the Smithsonian are pressured to minimize preserving true American history, we undermine the historical accuracy on which progress depends. We must never downplay the inhumanity of slavery nor erase its central role in shaping the economic foundation of America, which occurred for 246 shameful years.”

Click here to watch the Facebook Live Stream of the event.

Members of the press are invited for Q&A and b-roll footage.