tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86033940063012096532024-03-04T15:23:48.403-05:00Historic WanderingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger971125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-43508973810035736482023-03-07T12:17:00.000-05:002023-03-07T12:18:26.212-05:00Burial Grounds of Tangier Island, VA <p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'></p><p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'>Burial Ground A:</p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ge_f8T80JIE/U6xga45OGhI/AAAAAAABAQ0/6enY0QsmjuI/DEA36D68-49BD-4902-8C83-2906E62BE957.jpg'></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yN09cI3bwMI/U6xgWouMqZI/AAAAAAABAQU/krgczitXxDg/5CF7D562-0B09-4D28-B342-2655B5890D93.jpg'></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RAi18S3ZHv0/U6xgVjAucdI/AAAAAAABAQM/S8DbaPiy1SA/6351F5EF-DDA0-47A2-8FAC-F7D1051A69AE.jpg'></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-L5Ymr_n5_AM/U6xgUbp7lII/AAAAAAABAQE/k2plVQQ4O7o/CF928998-1FCB-43C8-9528-EDC982165313.jpg'></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0zwN2Ni3nGM/U6xgYkWs3YI/AAAAAAABAQk/kQ1RGRWdwDo/06957FBC-5126-465C-AFDC-13F8D54126D6.jpg'></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7rWMM5E5wsQ/U6xgXqK6vlI/AAAAAAABAQc/W29BPHKx5Yc/E335BD48-6EF0-4F2A-BDA5-99427DB9F5B9.jpg'></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-pC6LP9-OKFA/U6xgZnparWI/AAAAAAABAQs/QDOBM43lVp4/CF4ABB85-EB45-428C-90CC-2AAA7F0830C6.jpg'></div></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-26700315192784467932021-06-11T16:43:00.000-04:002021-06-11T16:43:55.753-04:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Where the Air Grows Thin: A Shared Passion for History</span></span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BzcjGG9P9vM/YMPIzwcxJBI/AAAAAAABTtI/WV9pil4AvOYbns7jlHhpZomXrR_bZNRmgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1536/quaretr%2Bcem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BzcjGG9P9vM/YMPIzwcxJBI/AAAAAAABTtI/WV9pil4AvOYbns7jlHhpZomXrR_bZNRmgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/quaretr%2Bcem.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span id="docs-internal-guid-87620dc7-7fff-bd64-3857-2f185b7528c3"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Simone Jacobs, LCSW-C</span></p><br /><h4 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“We are here today to say - we were here.” Rev. Dr. Caesor Johnson, Spring Hill Baptist Church</span></h4><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This weekend as part of the Slavery Inventory Database, Maddy and I attended “Precious Memories: How they Linger,” an event to re-dedicate the burial grounds of those enslaved by Patrick Henry at his Red Hill Estate in Brookneal, VA. For those of you who don’t know, Patirck Henry was the founding father best known for his declaration, “Give me Liberty or Give me Death.” I’m not the first person to point out the irony of a man who ignited the fires of national independence while at the same time enslaving people. When Patrick Henry gave his speech, those enslaved to him worked his land and cared for his family but did not get to hope or share the very freedoms he was pursuing for himself, his family, and his country. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But I’m going to save a discussion of that particular type of hypocrisy for another day. Partly because these kinds of experiences of hypocrisy at the various sites we visit, often leave me depleted. Sometimes when we go on our #fieldtripfridays, I get angry, despairing, and frustrated at the past, present, and future. I often leave these kinds of events feeling disappointed, sad, and afraid. This may seem strange--why would I continue to participate in activities that leave me feeling so overwhelmed and exhausted by the emotional intensity? </span></p><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PjVg7pl1Fho/YMPJDuiGWPI/AAAAAAABTtU/wTsDBN5JnsofEd4bjlYE8tuNRlA2zDBQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/quarter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PjVg7pl1Fho/YMPJDuiGWPI/AAAAAAABTtU/wTsDBN5JnsofEd4bjlYE8tuNRlA2zDBQwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/quarter.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span><br /></span></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ll tell you why I do this--it’s because there is something in these historical excursions that is more powerful than the negative psychic overload. In these historic places, in these moments shared with others who choose to engage, I feel something. It’s almost as if the air grows thin, as the lines between past and present blur, I hear more clearly the whispers of the past, of those who have gone before, and I am, we are, at once nothing - small specks of dust in midst of a brief moment in the vast universe - and yet not. I become part of something bigger, not just a witness to a past long gone, but an active participant in the long and ongoing narrative of the human race. Because in these moments, in these forgotten stories, or well known stories, in the revelations of history that are both good and bad, glorious and horrific, profound and mundane, there are moments of wonder, connection, and peace. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5NFanwTi2rmoSxXtdjyEYTIpqJ0Sq36K4XKlYzQuEhyphenhyphenO-8VCQZQVCu4lNBUhobQIDy3NW3pYHey5orjtbRVY1yw2ElI5LJQ65ZNNbTJRCOXu7xe5ea-QNtY43cGqNY5R8TG8HbV9ODQ/s2048/trumpet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5NFanwTi2rmoSxXtdjyEYTIpqJ0Sq36K4XKlYzQuEhyphenhyphenO-8VCQZQVCu4lNBUhobQIDy3NW3pYHey5orjtbRVY1yw2ElI5LJQ65ZNNbTJRCOXu7xe5ea-QNtY43cGqNY5R8TG8HbV9ODQ/w320-h320/trumpet.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Those who were enslaved did not get to sit on top of the hill and survey their territory with a sense of ownership as they played the fiddle surrounded by their grandchildren. They did not get to feast in delight at what they had produced. They worked hard, they were abused, tortured and killed in service to a master who cared little for their worth as members of the same human race. And yet they survived. They persevered. They lived lives that were worthy, honorable, and dignified, even when they weren’t treated that way. And that’s why I go. I go to honor those who came before, so that I can stand here today. I go to pay my respects to those who chose to keep on living in spite of the horror, in spite of the sorrow, in spite of the fears, shame, and humiliation. They lived, and so I write about them, know them, honor them, and say thank you. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But what difference does my experience make to them? I don’t know, but it makes a difference to me. These events change the way I view the world, in the past, present, and future. Bringing to light this history, standing with those who share the same past or interests, connects us, so we can share our grief, burdens, and joys, we are no longer alone. In the present it affects how I interact with those who struggle, with those who suffer, and with those who lift themselves up on the backs of others all the while claiming they stand on their own. My participation also makes a difference in the future. It matters when we choose to uncover a headstone, trace a forgotten family tree, attend an event, and connect with others who share this same passion. Because sometime in the future, someone will discover something in the history we have preserved, that helps them reconnect with themselves, their story, and perhaps find the courage to face adversity, rediscover their dignity, or reclaim the honor and respect for something that was once deemed shameful. I believe that all these experiences - the stories told, the events attended, the cemeteries recovered, the work of finding history - make a difference. I believe that now and sometime in the future, the disconnected name in an accounting ledger will mean something. The enslaved did not live meaningless lives that nobody will remember. I remember, we remember, and hopefully so will you. </span></p><br /><h1 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Their story has not died. It just hasn’t been told.” <br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rev. Dr. Ceasor Johnson, Spring Hill Baptist Church, Brookneal, VA</span></h1><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-1365515082551926702021-04-25T19:36:00.001-04:002021-04-25T19:36:43.389-04:00Lock 29, C & O Canal, Lander, MD<img id="id_a087_a274_310a_a413" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/UOGV0sSJzUMxmf-hwUAhXHUPUkOH69mbYjPwd-IkwTZl7XRzmIY1DFe_MBYJALHHBbA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_6c4a_22b3_c26f_e9ba" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dDFyJgxANnArG0I6iAjtI9ZLG2sPYeTmldLfjTenL8xjTnHDzM45tmbEkyhuaAzT55Q" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_289b_2bb9_158a_cc59" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/XkNDZlnMiuq6ED_8am7w6jDhswERst8o1o3X0WHs7RjPO0oHxR3dKh5_RsrxV4N2d2M" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_a31a_91ea_bcb1_463e" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/b3juDEbvlF2CcMYWWAckWlMbsGy90v4giqIc3bQxnNfWFiJsjiY5MzJ4OiXvEnUbb3w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_ddd5_111f_7b17_4e6d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/UGSztgWI8aJ3XKKQwZJa8r6uqOx8-JX9VZ_5C5r07HxSRBI2PZZvYb4KLSfzRKBc7Ik" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-85330232000154719752021-04-23T10:46:00.005-04:002021-04-23T14:17:38.335-04:00We Remember Joseph McCoyWe Remember Joseph McCoy. A Black teenager murdered by a white terror mob in Alexandria, Virginia on April 23, 1897. Over a century later, still no accountability and no justice. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Liv4pAR7iqE/YIMPJH3l6AI/AAAAAAABTrI/bgeSEzCqTU8iWpc9b7OMpWtDBAxx2EUdACLcBGAsYHQ/s1649/McCoy%2BWreath%2B2020_Maddy%2BMcCoy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1649" data-original-width="1649" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Liv4pAR7iqE/YIMPJH3l6AI/AAAAAAABTrI/bgeSEzCqTU8iWpc9b7OMpWtDBAxx2EUdACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/McCoy%2BWreath%2B2020_Maddy%2BMcCoy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-88110492678245115122021-03-08T14:08:00.001-05:002021-03-08T14:08:47.165-05:00Pope Leighey House<img id="id_d151_835f_e478_cafb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RRwvio1pD-O2Eo_wM9Vn-rjcGuZOfx301FKYzc924BYZ61RRtrnjLxneVOISMDSexQ4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_ae3d_f0f8_cbed_16c" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/8wOqvfmAlnTwBi8uPSVZsCdlbYXzottUmXzlLc_0UTahoGQJ5VIdWOYRbFGf36MDfj0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_405d_f335_5558_bbf1" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/YOYC2VwOeUoPp_fpl7DnVTjlAUr8nDJ4H3KYgz2lzfuMKfcVjZK2XIv0nSnHkv_Z51A" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_e7c5_7b56_7a48_6b70" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/8b4P8FlOTTSWUDzzIIEuIpF4hfnGUpLDu5Gqg8N3AzkA4hnVOIIeGj0_qZFC74mp-_Y" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_fe0a_2a51_bdf_bf65" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uqh-j-IwEKkgn80V18riWGP2YQTqRYnesGLZbuhzHxI2spJ3wyzPWAGYCOTh81oTirY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_90eb_de6e_1e7c_2717" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/c2bcQ6KRanJAwJULiX1CvDztDnMdD0U_-l8HuNTnqgy8XnZakPNUhK1daTy8yF42Wak" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-87438471670775834282021-03-02T19:43:00.001-05:002021-03-02T19:43:32.177-05:00East End Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia<p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">East End Cemetery, founded in the 1890s, is an historic Black cemetery in Richmond, Virginia... The site was seemingly forgotten by the 1980s and the woods and weeds reclaimed it.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">We would like to acknowledge the immense work that @friendsofeastend have done at the #eastendcemetery over the years. They have reclaimed the land, they have rediscovered the history, they have made progress toward returning ancestors to their descendants.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">We would like to acknowledge what is happening there right now with the @enrichmondfoundation at the</span><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">helm. What appears to be animosity towards prospective partners, previous stewards of the space, and an overall lack of transparency leave us feeling very concerned for East End and the descendants of the interred.</i><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">Ownership of the land</i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"> AND the stewardship of an historic Black cemetery is about trust, love and respect. It is not about profit. </span><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">It is not about tourism. It is not about gentrification of sacred spaces.</i></p><p><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br></i><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><div><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br></i></div></p><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1iiGo5Ps3unD-14JG6C7T7fA25SHLpQXs"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1vQTZlYmf7ojb6oFns24EIZyPnzrDHoLJ"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1uo35Zk4oxDaVn7tuo6bGIYREJT_c81H3"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1djfHagbbQcaMmy5zr14SQp0XWkTRsVOU"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1rLOcJZdgiZg09DewCBNqu59I8r8Tgj-6"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1BN7-I2ZybuYCy0kF3d9l521DJw0bDJnn"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=15Cs76FIAb4KZRUTvX1tQzXoLHOly9xfB"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1v8bmgM2hNaZbFV4C5iJM3ssNmUVOQwN6"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1kCO99uY-bkh4wIQPmuIpmMquyh0BvPBj"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1dBSFCnqRlcNrbA_wvpj3-rD5LFmoPjLq">Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-88491011040507452242021-02-15T16:58:00.001-05:002021-02-15T16:58:48.927-05:00The Importance of Remembering: The Historic African American Sugarland Community<p> </p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c20e68eb-7fff-dd8a-00b4-0fbb2ec9838c"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-69r6W6gRdEU/YCrt34evY3I/AAAAAAABTm0/5F388MZ-hNMcfjxRLqBYs0cBfTViCsmTwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/SID%2BPhoto%2Bfor%2BBlog%2BPost%2B12%2BFeb%2B2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-69r6W6gRdEU/YCrt34evY3I/AAAAAAABTm0/5F388MZ-hNMcfjxRLqBYs0cBfTViCsmTwCLcBGAsYHQ/w200-h200/SID%2BPhoto%2Bfor%2BBlog%2BPost%2B12%2BFeb%2B2021.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 18pt;"><br /></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Simone Jacobs, LCSW-C</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maddy McCoy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ly Vick Johnson, MSW</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This blog post is part of an ongoing conversation about the connection between history and mental health. The enslavement of millions of Black men, women, and children was a traumatic experience and its effects are still being felt today. The work of the </span><a href="https://slaveryinventorydatabase.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Slavery Inventory Database</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is about documenting these stories, many of which contain material that can activate a post traumatic response in the present. We believe it is just as important to tell these stories, as it is to recognize how and why the trauma of American Slavery remains relevant. Please note that nothing contained in these reflections is mental health advice, and you should seek the help of a trained counselor if you find yourself having an unwanted or difficult reaction. Conversations about trauma are hard and extremely complex, in writing short blog posts we cannot talk about every aspect of the trauma response. Instead we choose to highlight one or two themes and hope that over time the complex layers of the interconnectedness of past trauma and current mental health will reveal themselves. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“History…is not merely something to be read. And it does not refer merely to the past. On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us.” </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">James Baldwin (1924-1987)</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last week on our monthly #fieldtripfriday, the Slavery Inventory Database (SID) team met with some amazing historians connected to the Sugarland Ethnohistory Project in Poolesville, Maryland. It was truly a privilege to listen to Gwendora Hebron Reece and Suzanne R. Johnson as they shared about their herculean efforts to collect and document information about their community that has roots dating back to the civil war. (You can read about what this group has done </span><a href="http://www.sugarlandproject.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="http://www.mocoalliance.org/news/get-a-copy-of-ag-reserve-history-i-have-started-for-cannan-from-the-sugarland-ethno-history-project" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ms. Reece and Ms. Johnson shared with us their projects to find unmarked grave sites, coordinate the family reunions, and the efforts to maintain and preserve much that could be lost or forgotten. There was much of interest related to mental health in their project, but the focus of this blog are two particular snippets:</span></p><br /><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first has to do with wanting to share the strengths of the community and the lessons that we can learn from the past. Ms. Reece said that older family members in this community never talked about slavery. Experiences of enslavement were not discussed. They just got on with surviving. Many passed down the skills they had learned whilst enslaved to survive as well as to enrich their lives, the lives of their families, and their community. But they did not talk about that experience. Like many other Black communities around the country, they were interdependent communities, taking care of each other and their neighbors.</span></p></li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The second was in reference to one of the historic homes we visited, you can see some photos </span><a href="https://historicwanderings.blogspot.com/2021/02/historic-outbuildings-of-interest.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This historic home still had a decent amount of their historic landscape intact, including a number of contributing historic outbuildings, one or two of which had been built as slave dwellings. This part of Maryland has few remaining or documented dwellings for enslaved peoples. The house that we visited had recently been on the market and the real estate marketing terminology described these historic outbuildings as “guest houses.” Someone wondered aloud why the real use of the properties is so rarely accurately listed. My immediate response was to point out that this is what happens with trauma, there is a need to wipe out the abuses, to sanitize them, to forget them, this way they cannot be held accountable for their actions. </span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When healing from trauma, remembering the past is an important part of the process on both sides of the traumatic experience. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the wounded, remembering is important because that trauma - whether it is spoken about or not - gets passed down from one generation to the next. It is passed down in our bodies, it is in our very genetic makeup, it is passed down in our relationships, it is passed down in the ways in which we cope, it is passed down in the way we shape and make meaning of our lives.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If we don’t know our history, we are often perplexed by things we don’t understand. We are doomed to repeat behavioral patterns that were meant only to help us survive the unsurvivable. When we don’t know our past we cannot draw on the strength, perseverance, and creative ingenuity of those who survived before us. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Remembering the past helps us to make sense of our lives in the context of our lived experience. This gives us the freedom to change our automatic responses, allowing us to draw from other available resources. Having a choice about how we respond allows us to connect to the past as well as the present in healthy ways, freeing us from the burdens of the dominant white cultural narratives that suppress and subvert the past. Remembering the past allows us to begin telling our own stories in ways that nourish and uplift us. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the perpetrators of past and current abuses, there is often a malignant investment in denial. Denying the violence, means never being held accountable for their crimes. Denying the atrocities of enslaving men, women, and children means a continuation of white supremacy and the privileges of power and financial wealth that come with that. Denying the past means denying the humanity of those they hurt and there are serious consequences to that. When people deny the humanity in the other, they deny their own humanity, and erode their capacity for connection, empathy, and love. And while power and privilege are useful distractors they become empty vessels for true fulfillment.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I say, no man of conscious can take a lash to another human day in and day out without shredding at his own self. Takes him to a place where he either makes excuses within his mind to be unaffected or he finds some way to trample his guilty sensations.” </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Armsby, (12 Years a Slave)</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Accountability is necessary so that true healing can take place for all involved in the historical trauma of slavery. Two of the questions that SID is asking is who to hold accountable and how. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are involved with reparations projects with various institutions and communities that actively seek to take this responsibility.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are also giving recognition to the importance of addressing and bringing to light how history affects our collective and individual mental health today. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">But mostly we are uncovering forgotten stories. So that those stories no longer lie in the shadows and margins of our history, languishing in shame, and fear. So that we can begin to change the white supremist narratives that have marginalized and dismissed all others, and lay claim to the freedom that comes from creating and shaping our own narrative. </span></span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-76101342647506106042021-02-07T12:55:00.002-05:002021-02-16T12:51:29.851-05:00Breaking Down the Wall of Slavery at Carlyle House.<div><div><br /></div><div>Breaking Down the Wall of Slavery at Carlyle House. Join Maddy McCoy of the Slavery Inventory Database for a zoom discussion on how the enslaved individuals and families at Carlyle House were identified... and the importance of telling a historic site’s full story. February 25, 2021 at 7pm. $5.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/breaking-down-the-wall-of-slavery-at-carlyle-house-tickets-139736187699" target="_blank">Eventbrite Sign Up Here</a></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div><img height="400" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1wdexpNCvLSK6aeuFcd3zgfbS7wy-YAL2" width="400" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-49308846458417023832021-02-04T17:00:00.001-05:002021-02-04T17:00:52.772-05:00Virginia Theological Seminary Reparations ProjectSlavery Inventory Database (SID) is conducting the antebellum research for the groundbreaking Virginia Theological Seminary Reparations Project. Today we walked the campus ground where the enslaved quarters may have been located with Virginia Theological Seminary project staff and archivists and Alexandria Archaeology. We are so proud of this project and very humbled to be a part of it. Bonus: seeing some of our favorite people in person and not on a zoom screen.<img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1sgS4EPqVoagBnJ89wxktNoVJH9pLOKT6">Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-65123421190431513892021-02-02T11:54:00.001-05:002021-02-02T12:04:35.373-05:00Historic Outbuildings of Interest<div>Archaeologist Brian Crane joined the group for our next stop on #fieldtripfriday... an amazing 18th century farm in the ag reserve with the most incredible HISTORIC OUTBUILDINGS! Seneca sandstone outbuildings that were truly a treat to see. These outbuildings were beautifully crafted... expertly built. Their placement on the landscape next to the main house was really interesting to observe. We will need to revisit the site to get a better understanding of what each building was actually used for... We may be talking about an overseers domicile as well as enslaved quarters. Thank you to Allison who was so gracious letting our group descend upon her property.</div><div><img alt="" id="id_a46b_e2e1_fc2a_d27e" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Rtwm0BCxO6S5xMTFLsb2J_BzhApu76czPX3-6x28R0KcSU3BZgvMxQZZLMDLGlU" style="height: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /><img alt="" id="id_180a_a69a_f2cd_38f8" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/aLuwFhYTUxoOvBltsW88eFTohmO_-F1Wjzus2PIFX0aWyIl9luezJnKqhq4pZGs" style="height: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /><img alt="" id="id_4cc7_50c6_fad5_1a2d" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/94v4JTz37WaHaRYPY0PPnhdkzaxCktbtkkIP_ZjX4qtNFTTw8RZi1vAyWyzEuQo" style="height: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /><img alt="" id="id_aca5_eed7_d3dd_f117" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3-XUNem7wBmkTmsVJ_XUBbT91R0DDbdbMnf_KX3GacSoTEVv32jNnk8J665a0Ow" style="height: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /><img alt="" id="id_d386_c4d6_d9c_7432" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/W_b4fuefODDQGrh0MSw5JwCYJW_eufk0tgzcYp8smIBtGQdS9o6KHOQAFjVjJb0" style="height: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /><img alt="" id="id_c455_3adf_c0f8_e0f9" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/6uXAcXzC_sT4JmVXAuaJqL6t5R7RSLFsCWT-XGDLlfM5VnN86FNCppOMtQCx6J0" style="height: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /><img alt="" id="id_9f1e_5466_e495_7456" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/jYg1i6w88cyDCMGfwaHSUM5IFtE058UImjRuoOSfuxLs09YlClpQqNBZy0aRDlU" style="height: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /><img alt="" id="id_d500_18ad_d886_eec9" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/IIvxGjBkrohYs3PPCF7oJFgT-t34cyPMQ-x8i_qN6jMl379EsRTgqQHJO2zpFI4" style="height: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /><img alt="" id="id_7743_2c76_6615_d03c" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/pgid1vpYezQVwsxEEEyU6QAXQFYQzM1yHqIP0BOEzIsDCyFd7JCLfphRw2kPtSs" style="height: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br /><br /></div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-53748748535932572632021-02-02T11:47:00.001-05:002021-02-02T11:48:32.804-05:00Sugarland Ethnohistory Project<div>Team Slavery Inventory Database (SID) went on a fabulous #fieldtripfriday! We are so grateful to Kenny Sholes of the Montgomery County, Maryland Historic Ag Reserve for being our guide and leading us to some fantastic places. First stop was the historic Black community of Sugarland where we met descendants Gwendora Hebron Reece & Suzanne R. Johnson. We were also joined by Jeff Sypeck and Glenn Wallace Weitz. All four are members of the Sugarland EthnoHistory Project and authors of ‘I Have Started for Canaan: The Story of the African American Town of Sugarland’. It was really exciting to see a group of descendants and community members come together to tell the story of this small yet hugely important community. And I say hugely important because all of these small, dwindling, historic Black communities were our backbones. They were here, on the land, long before any 20th century development and in some cases already established prior to the Civil War. We were so happy to have spent some time with these folks. </div><img id="id_c5c7_33f_68e2_5d80" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sDxfIKWmaQ4riGNSZf-D84rpIUQNwVE8VJw4rhk27ORjnGxjC7OoQS8k_a6xaFA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_de03_6dad_34b9_555c" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/ax_6hStlbE7BPeJIGe9zZUAvNiTR88xYdYFwAQMtG5IQr4JUPBLFkA3gdDJpkoI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_b8f1_23e3_4b5b_6a09" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/acBOUYyfxG6vR4Dqc9-hMtgl4VwzAb277A99J03kHE188u5fyoOwCv8RSg9YHs4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_b01_c5e1_3b24_c36f" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/psDK7aE34VfB264_-XMZMb8IdUJUMM_NVQpE0iT3MMaMKDbutdD3A2gdZKA7rRA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-28308333954902187282021-02-02T11:35:00.001-05:002021-02-02T11:48:48.094-05:00Historic Warren Cemetery<div>Our final stop on #fieldtripfriday was to the historic African American Warren Cemetery. This cemetery is a perfect example of Black history hidden in the margins. Spaces, often sacred spaces are carved out in the margins of our landscapes. They are hard to find, hard to see, yet, they are everywhere. </div><div>We are so glad to have made new friends today and learned about all sorts of projects that people are doing. This is what #fieldtripfriday is all about: meeting new friends, seeing new sites, learning new things and making connections that enable all of us to better advocate for those who no longer can. -Maddy, Simone & Chris </div><div><br></div><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1Y4lDjdMB_yfFXrFj5qA9A0qJdii2NCHN"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1gjjep5s8elMjFaVDE932BDoZET9Riuc8"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1-vL16iwtLOgOHh4b60dJYkI7LL_LzDMK"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1Ff_4OLNrwl-Ko1ovEgaBgBmVhATSUw68"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1thuAJmPYzNdf_e-3Uxt6sv2JBc4X9sfb"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1wUDQNHp9jZkCE2HoJFY4ec7Do1XA7J9x"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1ec_nBIkTZ2vevA-6JCYXQzHvRG5Kj7CZ"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1zraSrJ8OLUX2B5KOL8WeznZRPpxSdV_-"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1SgVrDuDsyphktjngwjd9iBe6EKv_1N0Y"><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1g_RI2iuWyKOjBv7liqN3erOhrHqadUEw">Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-43837994703157797232021-01-23T17:03:00.001-05:002021-01-23T17:10:48.124-05:00Historic Smithfield at Virginia TechThe original enslaved structure was removed to said location (adjacent to big house) from a contingent family farm. 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<br /><br /><br />"The African American community in the Cabin John and Potomac area needed a place where they could gather. Records show that Moses Hall was then built on land conveyed to Morningstar Tabernacle Number 88, on December 28, 1887, by George and Surilla Scot. An adjacent parcel of land was conveyed by John D.W. Moore on September 7, 1901. A cemetery grew up around the hall and was referred to as Morningstar Cemetery. While the hall has collapsed, we are told that it was a single, two story structure, painted brown with a cement floor. Each floor consisted of a single large room where dances, parties and meetings were held.<br /><br /><br />The hall served as a center for freed slaves to meet, socialize, celebrate and conduct business. All faiths were welcome and members included families from the church at the Pines, the Scotland church and surrounding area in Potomac. Dues went to help those in need and aided families when wage earners passed away or became sick. Moses Hall provided the African American community with an identity and an infrastructure of support. It also served to broaden the network of other lodges and halls already established by freed slaves in the metropolitan area. "<br /></div>
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<br /><br /><br />"Gibson Grove AME Zion Church was founded in 1898 by a group of freed slaves. The congregation was named Gibson Grove as a tribute to Mrs. Sarah Gibson who donated part of her families land to build a church, school and cemetery.<br /><br /><br />In 1861, Sarah, her husband Louis, and their two sons were freed by Union soldiers during the battle of Bull Run. In the ensuing chaos, Sarah and her sons became separated from Louis. She managed to cross Bull Run by balancing her sons, one on each side, and walking across a log placed over the stream. She found her way to Washington D.C[.] and later was reunited with Louis at the Shiloh Baptist t church, a known meeting place for freed slaves.<br /><br /><br />As slaves Sarah had worked as a seamstress and Louis had been a driver and field hand. After reuniting, they went to work on a Potomac farm owned by Frank Dallon. They worked there for 16 years, eventually saving enough to buy, in 1877, 4-1/2 acres on what is now Seven Locks Road.<br /><br /><br />In 1898, the Gibson's donated part of their land for a church. The original church, located just south of the current building, was built from logs harvested on the property. Baptisms took place in a damned portion of Cabin John Creek.<br /><br /><br />In 1923, a new church was built on the current site. A damaging fire occurred on Ash Wednesday in 2004, yet the historic white clapboard was spared for the most part and still stands today.<br /><br /><br />The original Gibson Grove Church was used as a schoolhouse until Sarah had a new one-room schoolhouse built nearby. Records show that the school was then rented to the County and it was named Cabin John Elementary School. References cite that the school was closed permanently in 1922 due to high cost and low attendance leaving twenty-four African American students without a school for five years. In May of 1926, the school board rented Moses Hall, and reopened the school."</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-57968952947671488482017-03-05T19:30:00.000-05:002021-02-03T18:55:11.036-05:00Seneca Community Church Cemetery, Darnestown, MD<br />
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<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2244781" target="_blank">Find A Grave Listing</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-73400752795253654462017-02-16T13:55:00.000-05:002017-02-16T13:55:26.394-05:00Second Baptist Church of Clifton, Clifton, VA<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-91556897737246796632017-02-16T13:41:00.000-05:002017-07-31T13:39:40.583-04:00Clifton Primitive Baptist Church, Clifton, VA<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-63375611823715528872017-02-16T13:29:00.000-05:002017-02-16T13:29:01.776-05:00Olive Branch Lodge, Leesburg, VA<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-13395887058012949702017-02-16T13:22:00.000-05:002017-02-16T13:23:21.778-05:00St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Leesburg, VA<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603394006301209653.post-52966876775535152232017-02-16T13:15:00.000-05:002017-02-16T13:15:20.420-05:00Providence Baptist Church, Leesburg, VA<br />
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