Tucked away behind a steep, hidden driveway deep in the heart of Johns Creek, a quiet piece of history is being unearthed by families tracing their lineage back to the 1800s.

Wilsontown, founded in 1870, is situated at the end of Conway Road off of Route 3. It's tucked so far back that many miss the area and its rich history. Recent attention, however, has put it on the ...

Hidden behind a steep driveway in Johns Creek lies the Macedonia African Methodist Church Cemetery, a historic site serving as the final resting place for over 100 enslaved individuals and their ...

Lyle Foster, an organizer of the Springfield-Greene County African American Heritage Trail, and Springfield City Council ...

Think you might have a relative buried at Trenton's First Presbyterian Church? This nonprofit wants to hear from you.

Chester Rural Cemetery, established in 1863, serves as the final resting place for many notable Pennsylvanians. This isn’t your typical cramped urban cemetery, it sprawls across rolling hills with ...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund awarded $8.5 million in grants to 33 historically Black churches through its fourth annual Preserving ...

A burial ground that served free and enslaved people of color for over 80 years has been officially confirmed beneath ...

The Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, a burial ground for more than 1,700 people who escaped slavery, stands alone on a plot of land on the outskirts of historic Old Town Alexandria.

The NAACP held its Lunch and Learn at the El Dorado-Union County Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday for a short history lesson for locals in the area.

The cemetery, already in need of repairs, was badly damaged when Tropical Storm Helene uprooted massive trees and hurled them ...

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