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Posted June 24, 2020 at LocalDVM.com By Caroline Morse HAGERSTOWN, Md. (WDVM)– In 2009, the neighborhood on Clinton Avenue discovered their entire block sits on a lost burial ground. “I just feel bad that people are …
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Tucked away in an obscure corner of Halfway, outside of Hagerstown, an overgrown half-acre is all that remains of what was once a sprawling burial ground for Hagerstown’s African American community. Most of the “Halfway …
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Posted Feb. 3, 2020 at LocalDVM.com By Caroline Morse HAGERSTOWN, Md. (WDVM)– In honor of Black History Month, Washington County residents reflect on the lives of African-American men and women during the Civil …
Published May 6, 2019, The Frederick News-Post Thank you for publishing Wyatt Massey’s piece on April 22. It’s long past time for Frederick County Public Schools to take seriously the message they send to students who …
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Slave resistance has a long and honored history in our nation. Leaders like Nat Turner and Denmark Vesey, who planned armed uprisings, are famous figures in black history. Resistance took other forms, too, from verbal …
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Irvin Sullivan served his country in World War I, and then returned to his native Hagerstown. He was one of many African Americans from Washington County who fought in the Great War and are largely forgotten today. Next …
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