Coalition Protect MD Burial Sites

11/06/2025

Has anyone visited this burial ground?

📰: Board of Public Works Approves $3.1 Million for Parkland, Improvements, and Land Conservation in Five Maryland Counties

The Board of Public Works today approved more than $3.1 million in grants from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to local governments and a land trust for parkland, recreational improvements, and land conservation in Anne Arundel, Howard, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, and Worcester Counties.

Additionally, the Board approved the renaming of the Howard Heritage Trail at the soon-to-open Freedman’s State Historical Park in Montgomery County in honor of the Howard family. Gov. Wes Moore, chairing the Board meeting, gave special thanks for the trail renaming and recognized the park that will serve as a testament to the remarkable achievements of Enoch George Howard and his family. Howard emancipated himself and his family from slavery in the mid-1800s after earning money through his agricultural ingenuity along the Patuxent River in modern-day Montgomery County. He established a Black school, purchased the land where he was formerly enslaved, and helped develop a freed Black community in the area. Once open, Freedman’s State Historical Park will share details of his family’s story and the lasting legacy they left in Maryland. Read more: https://ow.ly/tS5750XnjA0

11/05/2025

Very exciting news! 📰

The Maryland Board of Public Works approved the return of a small parcel of land that was an African American cemetery in Cabin John

10/29/2025

Very interesting history. Anyone from this county or has visited this cemetery?

10/27/2025

The Cemetery Inventory Database workgroup has finished their draft report and needs wide public input. Please consider downloading the draft and submit your comments in the separate form they created. Thanks!

Public Comment Now Open!

The Workgroup on Maryland Cemeteries has released a draft report that includes recommendations to strengthen the preservation and protection of burial sites across the state. Public feedback is encouraged to ensure these recommendations reflect the needs and experiences of Marylanders.

The public comment period is open through November 14, 2025. The final report will be submitted to the Governor and General Assembly on December 1, 2025.

Read the draft report and share your comments here: bit.ly/49jkLkr

09/19/2025

This is the cemetery tour we took during our last conference in May 2025. A beautiful landscape and outdoor museum of art & history.

08/06/2025

07/31/2025

07/31/2025

So Interesting ~

07/04/2025

Did you know that you can purchase tickets ahead of time for all of our upcoming Culture & Cocktails in 2025? This August 8, we will have Emilie Amt and Elizabeth Paul join us for "Halfway African American Cemetery," to share about the cemetery and its progress!

Purchase tickets to Culture & Cocktails by calling the WCHS offices at (301) 797-8782, by visiting our website event page at https://washcohistory.org/events/, or by visiting our Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/culture-cocktails-halfway-african-american-cemetery-tickets-1141000415959?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl.

06/25/2025

Deadline fast approaching.

The deadline to apply for an FY26 grant with the African American Heritage Preservation Program is in just FIVE days! All applications must be in by 11:59 pm on June 30, 2025.

AAHPP provides grants to assist in preserving buildings, sites, or communities that are of historical and cultural importance to the African American experience in Maryland. It is administered as a partnership between MHT and the Maryland Commission on African American History & Culture.

For more information and application materials, visit the program webpage at bit.ly/AAHPP-MHT. Or you can watch the most recent AAHPP webinar recording at youtu.be/iHEX0R-Iy24.

Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum

Image: Button Farm Living History Center