Save the Ham Council Cemetery RVA

03/27/2024

On April 6 we will have a short workday to put in ground cover and native perennials to complete our hillside stabilization project. This time no heavy lifting will be involved. Please bring a water bottle and shovels if you have them. Snacks and work gloves will be available. We will only work for 2 hours from 1-3. We hope a few of you can make it! Click here for the Sign-Up Genius volunteer sheet: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E094FACA828A46-48781126-spring

03/02/2024

Did any of the families that later lived on Bandy witness the fighting 160 years ago? Did anyone hear the rifles?

pc: Adam Short

02/23/2024

Come help shape the future stewardship of our historic cultural resources this Wednesday! Open houses late morning and early evening.
https://www.rva.gov/planning-development-review/cultural-heritage-stewardship-plan

02/04/2024

"But thanks to the efforts of volunteers, neighbors and family members of the interred, the sacred ground is getting the respect it deserves."

Neighbors preserve a local cemetery and the history it represents.

01/08/2024

Special thanks to Bill Pike for a very thoughtful write-up on last month's workdays: https://mightbebaloney.blog/2023/12/29/learning-to-wattle-at-the-sons-and-daughters-of-ham-cemetery/

Thank you to everyone who pitched in 🙏🏾Another workday is in the works for February...

An unseasonably warm temperature greeted me on the morning of Saturday, December 2. The remnants of an early fog had left a coating of moisture on the church’s old pick up truck. With a wheel barro…

11/15/2023

We invite everyone to join us on December 2nd & 3rd at The Sons and Daughters of Ham Cemetery for a weekend of planting, upkeep, and community building. Invite your friends! All are welcome. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E094FACA828A46-45904353-workday #/

10/07/2023

ALERT:

The Cemetery is sacred space, a fragile archaeological site, and a cultural landscape transcending past and present, and bridging nature and the built environment.

Cobbles were placed as subtle markers at many of the graves in the cemetery. The recently collected rocks set at Queenie Bradford's marble headstone were likely removed from marking others' places of rest.

Please leave anything you may come upon where it lies when visiting 🙏🏾

09/25/2023

This past Thursday was a beautiful, peaceful evening to take a walk on the updated path through the cemetery. The recently installed signage is so informative and looks wonderful. The many improvements in recent months are a fitting tribute to the men and women who rest here.

06/25/2023

Check out this wonderful article about the Sons and Daughters of Ham Cemetery from The Henrico Citizen!

I never thought that a photograph in the Henrico Citizen would result in a reader reaching out to me. But, after the Citizen ran a photo of the Ivy Whackers clearing ivy from tree trunks at Trinity United Methodist Church earlier this spring, that’s what happened. Back in March, I took a call from...

03/22/2023

On the first day of Spring, we got word of a young volunteer for Sons and Daughters of Ham's "Munchin' Bunch Clean-up Crew". This kid just needs to be more mature than 1 week old. Maybe they'll be able to herd visitors to the traditional National Buffalo Soldier's Day Twilight Memorial service on July 28. Mark the date. More information soon.