Macedonia Cemetery Johns Creek

11/02/2026

My Journey to Giving Tuesday

“Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don’t have that problem.”

— President Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States

From a young Marine to a retired Marine, and now President of DMCC, my mission has always been about service, teamwork, and making a difference!

After 21 years in the Marine Corps, my love of history led me to Macedonia Cemetery in Johns Creek, Georgia, where my formerly enslaved great-great-grandfather, April Waters, rests.
Today, I’m proud to lead an AWESOME team dedicated to preserving this sacred ground and recovering the stories connected to 177 additional graves!

Our Giving Tuesday mission: 177 Legacy Partners giving just $17.70 a month by December 1, 2026!

177 burials. 177 reasons to act. One mission worth supporting!
Will YOU join our team and help make history?

Become a Legacy Partner today!
-Click our Giving Tuesday Link at https://givebutter.com/giving-tuesday-2026-ytrmr5
-Give your recurring gift of $17.70 TODAY

We are not simply preserving graves. We are restoring people to history.
www.descendantsofmacedonia.org

11/01/2026

Congratulations to The One Square Mile Project “A City Within A City” and their support team.
They’re doing some “Mighty Fine” work at College View MemorialCemetery. See ways to support below:

💗 Want to support their ongoing restoration efforts? Donate today! 💗
Every contribution helps them preserve history and honor those who came before them. You can support them through any of the following channels:

🔗 Direct Link: https:/bit.ly/Onesquaremile
📱 Zelle: [email protected]
💸 Cash App: $onesquaremileproject


— feeling grateful.

Gloria Robinson Abdullah

Help support The One Square Mile Project Inc by donating or sharing with your friends.

11/01/2026

TONEY HOWELL: HE ESCAPED A LYNCH MOB, THEN SERVED THE COUNTRY THAT FAILED TO PROTECT HIM.

In 1912, a young Black man named Toney Howell faced the threat of lynching during the racial violence that drove African American families from Forsyth County, Georgia. Protected by National Guard troops, Toney survived and eventually regained his freedom.

Just six years later, he answered America's call, serving honorably in France during World War I as a United States Army soldier.
Today, PFC Toney Howell rests in an unmarked grave at historic Macedonia Cemetery in Johns Creek, Georgia. A wreath laying ceremony will be conducted at Macedonia Cemetery in Johns Creek for Tony Howell on 12/19/2026
https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/pages/171230/Overview

He survived racial terror, served his country, and deserves to be remembered.
At DMCC, we believe his story should never be forgotten.
We are not simply preserving graves. We are restoring people to history.
Read more about the history: https://www.northgeorgiahistory.com/.../forsyth-county-in...

11/01/2026

177 Unmarked Graves. 177 Stories Waiting to Be Told. The Time to Act Is NOW!

What if your family's history was buried and nearly forgotten?

At Macedonia Cemetery in Johns Creek, Georgia, 177 previously unmarked graves represent lives, legacies, and stories waiting to be recovered.

In this video, Madyun Shahid, President of DMCC and a descendant, shares why preserving this sacred ground matters—and how YOU can become part of the solution.

We're seeking 177 Legacy Partners willing to start a recurring donation between now and December 1st of ONLY $17.70 per month.

https://givebutter.com/giving-tuesday-2026-ytrmr5

We're not asking for a handout. We're asking for a helping hand.

Watch. Give. Share. Help us restore people to history.

🌐 https://www.descendantsofmacedonia.org/

11/01/2026

177 Unmarked Graves. 177 Stories Waiting to Be Told. The Time to Act Is NOW!

What if your family's history was buried and nearly forgotten?

At Macedonia Cemetery in Johns Creek, Georgia, 177 previously unmarked graves represent lives, legacies, and stories waiting to be recovered.

In this video, Madyun Shahid, President of DMCC and a descendant, shares why preserving this sacred ground matters—and how YOU can become part of the solution.

We're seeking 177 Legacy Partners willing to start a recurring donation between now and December 1st of ONLY $17.70 per month.

https://givebutter.com/giving-tuesday-2026-ytrmr5

We're not asking for a handout. We're asking for a helping hand.

Watch. Give. Share. Help us restore people to history.

🌐 https://www.descendantsofmacedonia.org/




Hidden Voices LLC

10/27/2026

65 previously identified burial places. 177 additional burials.
One historic cemetery worth remembering.

Imagine walking through a quiet cemetery, reading a name on a headstone, and wondering about the life behind it. Who loved this person? Who tells their story now? And what happens to the stories when there is no stone at all?
At Macedonia Cemetery (formerly Warsaw AME Church), a historic African American burial ground in Johns Creek, Georgia, 65 graves had previously been identified. Then ground-penetrating radar indicated 177 additional burials. The radar cannot tell us their names. But it reminds us how much history may still be waiting beneath the grass—and how carefully that history deserves to be approached.

For descendants, these are more than marks on a survey. They are the possibility of another connection, another recovered name, another family story that no longer has to remain out of reach.
Our Giving Tuesday goal: 177 Legacy Partners-from now until December 1, 2026- to start a recurring gift of ONLY $17.70 a month.
Start your recurring gift today: https://givebutter.com/giving-tuesday-2026-ytrmr5

Help these stories reach the next generation. Please share.
*Gifts are recurring and help sustain DMCC's long-term priorities.
DMCC contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
https://www.descendantsofmacedonia.org/

10/26/2026

Honor Thy Roots Cemetery Preservation Inc.
The One Square Mile Project “A City Within A City”

10/26/2026

What if your gift helped a family find its history?
We knew of about 65 graves. Then the ground revealed 177 additional graves.

At Macedonia Cemetery, roughly 65 burial places were previously identified. A ground-penetrating radar survey revealed 177 additional graves. Each may represent a life, a family, and a story still waiting to be recovered.

Your recurring gift supports the research and care needed to bring these stories forward, find more descendants, and improve the landscape.

Our Giving Tuesday goal: 177 Legacy Partners-from now until December 1, 2026- to start a recurring gift of ONLY $17.70 a month.
Start your recurring gift today: https://givebutter.com/giving-tuesday-2026-ytrmr5


https://www.descendantsofmacedonia.org/

*Gifts are recurring and help sustain DMCC's long-term priorities.
DMCC contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

09/24/2026

🎉 Celebrating 10 Years of Preserving Our Story!

On September 24, 2016, the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened its doors—creating a national home where the stories, struggles, achievements, faith, families, and resilience of African Americans could be preserved and shared.

Today, on its 10th anniversary, we celebrate more than a museum. We celebrate the importance of protecting the places, names, documents, and stories that make history real.

For DMCC, that mission resonates deeply. At Macedonia Cemetery in Johns Creek, Georgia, we are working to recover names, reconnect descendants, preserve sacred ground, and ensure that a community once in danger of being forgotten becomes part of the historical record.

From a national museum in Washington, D.C., to a historic cemetery in Johns Creek—every preserved story strengthens the American story.

Congratulations on 10 remarkable years! May the next decade uncover even more voices waiting to be heard.

09/22/2026

ANOTHER CEMETERY. ANOTHER COMMUNITY. THE SAME RESPONSIBILITY.

The restoration of historic Thomasville Cemetery in South DeKalb should matter to all of us working to preserve African American burial grounds across Georgia.

More than 400 people rest there, with roots reaching back to slavery and the generations that built Black communities after emancipation. After years of neglect, community partners stepped forward to reclaim the cemetery as a place of history, dignity and remembrance.

The parallels to Macedonia Cemetery in Johns Creek are difficult to miss.

At Macedonia, DMCC (https://www.descendantsofmacedonia.org/) is also working to identify unmarked burials, restore names, reconnect descendants and ensure that an African American community that helped shape this area remains part of the historical landscape.

These cemeteries are not forgotten spaces. They are historical landmarks waiting to be fully recognized.

Thomasville demonstrates what can happen when descendants, community organizations, historians and local partners come together around sacred ground.

For Johns Creek, Macedonia represents that same opportunity: preserve the land, recover the names, tell the story—and make this history part of the community's future.

Development tells us where a community is going.
Its cemeteries remind us who helped bring it here.


https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/community-restore-historic-thomasville-cemetery/85-b6020023-e94e-4739-8e3d-4fd94b746bdc

Honor Thy Roots Cemetery Preservation Inc.

The cemetery dates back to the 1870s.