By Rayna Reid ·August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
Headstones from a historic African American cemetery in Washington, D.C. that were being used for erosion control are being transferred to Maryland’s National Harmony Memorial Park, the AP reports. This move will honor the 37,000 people recorded as being buried at the D.C. cemetery.
The original site was initially established in 1859 as the Columbian Harmony Cemetery, and “was the most prominent burial site for African Americans in
