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CUMBERLAND — Maryland, in many respects, has led the way in the work of truth and reconciliation, Will Schwarz said.

A photography and oral history project documenting the daily lives of drag queens in Cumberland, Maryland, a small northern Appalachian Rust Belt city.

When the Rev. Philip Morgan, the newly appointed interim priest at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Hudson, was growing up in Wales, he often listened to his grandfather talk about the time he spent in the U.S. Morgan’s grandfather came here in 1899, becoming a citizen in 1904 before returning to Wales to marry “the girl he left behind.” Perhaps those stories heard so long ago on his grandfather’s knee were the seeds that led Morgan and his family to the U.S. in 1984. Morgan first earned a degree in geology/geography from London University in 1975 and went on to get his...

Skip to main content 900,000 infected. More than 15,000 dead. How the coronavirus tore through D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Rebecca Tan, Antonio Olivo and John D. Harden, The Washington Post Feb. 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8Christine Uncles, left, embraces her mother, Cindi Uncles, while she holds the remains of her father, John Uncles, who died from covid-19 in April, at his funeral in Centreville, Va., on Dec. 12 - what would have been his 70th birthday.Photo by Amanda Voisard for The Washington PostShow MoreShow Less 2of8As attendees wear masks, Tom Montgomery presides ...

Cecil and Marsha Bell enjoy sweet time together before he became ill with COVID-19. Submitted Photo LAVALE — Cecil Bell was strong and full of energy. His regular activities ranged from extensive yard work to lifting 50-pound boxes of produce for the local food bank. He spent much of his time volunteering to help others. He and his wife, Marsha — a priest associate at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Cumberland — were childhood friends in Sweeny, Texas, and in 2015 reconnected at their 50-year high school reunion. They married the following year and ...