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We will remember : Work begins on W&M s memorial to the enslaved

Hearth:  Faculty, staff, students and community members attended the ceremony to mark the beginning of construction on the memorial. Titled “Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved,” the brick structure will resemble a fireplace and will feature the names of people who are known to have been enslaved by the university.  Photo by Stephn Salpukas Hearth:  Faculty, staff and alumni push down the top of a brick wall that stands where the memorial will be constructed.  Photo by Stephen Salpukas Hearth:  President Emeritus Taylor Reveley LL.D. ’18, W&M President Katherine A. Rowe and Jody Allen Ph.D. ’07 push down a large panel of the wall in the location where the memorial will be constructed.

First Baptist has always been a beacon in the community: Descendants share memories of historic Williamsburg church to preserve, share its history

First Baptist has always been a beacon in the community: Descendants share memories of historic Williamsburg church to preserve, share its history
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WHRO - Archaeologists Identify Human Remains At Historic Black Williamsburg Church

ALL WHRO SITES Photo courtesy of Let Freedom Ring Foundation. First Baptist Church in Colonial Williamsburg first stood at the corner of Francis and Nassau streets. Archaeologists are now digging up the foundation of the building. Archaeologists Identify Human Remains At Historic Black Williamsburg Church Details Published: 25 February 2021 Archaeologists discovered human remains during the second phase of an excavation at the historic First Baptist Church in Williamsburg.  First Baptist is one of the oldest Black churches in the country.  Colonial Williamsburg archaeologists are working with members to excavate at the church’s first location.  church member said it would be. 

Human Remains Found Where Williamsburg s First Black Church Stood

Image: Jack Gary Despite the amount of history that sits atop its soil, plenty of stories remain buried below Colonial Williamsburg. One of those stories is that of the First Baptist Church of Williamsburg, an early Black church that stood until the 1950s on the historic site, on which excavations began last fall. Now, archaeologists have found human remains on the site; further assurance that the team was digging in the right place, and a step towards being able to connect those interred residents of the past with today’s descendant community. Advertisement Announced in a community meeting this week, the found remains include a human tooth and probable finger bone, alongside a trove of other fragmentary bones that are harder to attribute to any one species. Animal bones were also found on the site, which is currently an approximately 400-square-foot (37-square-meter) area on the west side of Colonial Williamsburg, at the intersection of Francis

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