In Late August of 1619 “20 and odd” enslaved Africans forcibly arrived at Old Point Comfort, Virginia after a treacherous journey across the Atlantic Ocean. This arrival of would mark the beginning of slavery as we know it today. Fast forward to the year 1861, about a month after the start of the civil war, three enslaved men would escape to freedom at Fortress Monroe, formally known as Old Point Comfort. Out of their escape came the Fort Monroe Doctrine, which came to be known as the Contraband Decision. This decision would lead to the freedom of thousands of enslaved African Americans during the civil war. At the same location that the institution of slavery would begin, is the same location that the institution of slavery would begin to end. Now, in the present day, three markers lie at the site of Fort Monroe to tell this story. One to the First Landing of Africans, one to the three men and their escape, and one to what would become Freedom’s Fortress. In response to those three Markers, I’d argue that they are not enough. This story and all of its components were turning points in American history. This story should be told with more than a marker. We’ll never fully know or can even imagine the thoughts and feelings the people who went through this had, but one could wonder how it felt for them to be kidnapped from their homeland, being brought to this place in which they’d never been, being stripped from their family and culture, or just simply going from being surrounded by massive Baobab trees to Oak Trees. To have no idea what would lie ahead for the next 200 plus years. I pose these questions in thinking of what More than a Marker could be. In what ways can architecture communicate stories of great impact that have often been overlooked or condensed? How can it go beyond a marker, bust, or statue, or be used in addition to? How can design evoke emotions and feelings towards those stories? Then, in telling these stories through the architecture how will it be a timeless piece in that it is visited for generations to come?