Archaeologists have begun a months-long effort to learn who was buried at one of the oldest Black churches in the U.S. and how they lived. Archaeologists in Virginia began excavating three suspected graves at the original site of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches Monday, kicking off a months-long effort to learn who was buried there and how they …
Archaeologists in Virginia began excavating three suspected graves at the original site of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches on Monday, commencing a monthslong effort to learn who was buried there and how they lived. “It was important for us to have that ceremony — to bless the ancestors,” said Connie Matthews Harshaw, a church member and board president …
