The Problem
Anne Arundel County is home to an abundance of historic cemeteries including several burial grounds for enslaved African Americans. Many of these cemeteries are not documented and do not have a dedicated steward.
The Fix
Preservation Maryland will work with the County’s Cultural Resources Division, the community, and other partners to conduct workshops, develop story maps, and tackle hard questions and work towards a consensus about how to capture and store data on cemeteries, particularly African American cemeteries.
Updates
OCTOBER 2020
Preservation Maryland convened a webinar on October 15, 2020 to discuss the recent successes of creating a statewide approach to documenting and inventorying Maryland’s burial sites.
Watch the WEBINAR
MARCH 2020
Each year, the Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites hosts a statewide conference to provide relevant resources and engaging new research to all those interested in the history and preservation of cemeteries in Maryland. Preservation Maryland is pleased to support the all-volunteer organization’s efforts by recording their conference sessions and helping share it with a wider audience – all in support of the Coalition’s mission.
Watch the Conference
November 2019
As part of the organization’s on-going work to protect Maryland’s historic cemeteries, Preservation Maryland will offer public cemetery documentation workshops this winter. Regional meetings have been held across the state and well-attended. All attendees will be contacted in the new year with follow-up information.
Regional workshop schedule
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