Maddy McCoy
Fairfax County, Virginia
Slavery Inventory Database
August 20, 2010
Cranford United Methodist Church, Lorton, VA
Maddy McCoy
Fairfax County, Virginia
Slavery Inventory Database
August 17, 2010
Simms Family Cemetery, Great Falls, VA
At least the developer admitted that there was a cemetery on the property that was to be developed. That is never a given. But, that's the extent of my acknowledgement.
Because, when you use shoddy materials, they fall down.
When they fall down, they no longer deliniate the boundaries.
When the boundaries aren't marked, sacred spaces tend to disappear.
When our burial grounds disappear, we not only lose our history...we lose a bit of ourselves.
Interior:
Exterior:
[Source: Google Maps]
Photos taken by Maddy McCoy in April, 2010.
Maddy McCoy
Fairfax County, Virginia
Slavery Inventory Database
Because, when you use shoddy materials, they fall down.
When they fall down, they no longer deliniate the boundaries.
When the boundaries aren't marked, sacred spaces tend to disappear.
When our burial grounds disappear, we not only lose our history...we lose a bit of ourselves.
Interior:
Exterior:
[Source: Google Maps]
Photos taken by Maddy McCoy in April, 2010.
Maddy McCoy
Fairfax County, Virginia
Slavery Inventory Database
Salem Baptist Church, Great Falls, VA: II
Close-up (and reverse) of the above photo:
Maddy McCoy
Fairfax County, Virginia
Slavery Inventory Database
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