Constructed between 1796 and 1802, the plantations owned by Ludwell Lee and the Thomas Ludwell Lee families were on land now occupied by a private country club, a luxury resort, a medical research campus, and affluent suburban housing developments. The Lee families were cousins of Confederate General Robert E. Lee . Their plantations held some of the largest populations of enslaved people in Loudoun County. A tract of land between the neighboring Lee plantations was set aside for their burials. The burial ground dates back to the early 1800s
it's assumed that more than 80 enslaved people were buried in the cemetery. Unfortunately, almost half the graves were destroyed by pond excavation and other construction projects.
IN, 2015, the previously untended enslaved graveyard was reclaimed as sacred ground and dedicated as a burial site. in 2017 the site's commercial developer donated the 2.75-acre parcel of land containing the cemetery to the Loudoun Freedom Center,
Called the "Journey to Freedom Heritage Trail," a 400-foot-long, wood-framed and gravel-paved walkway leads visitors through the cemetery... graves ae identified by aligned subsidence depressions in the ground. Rough, pointy field stones still protrude from the ground to mark the graves. The weathered rocks bear no names or dates, but stand as silent testimonials to the people whose graves they mark.
it's assumed that more than 80 enslaved people were buried in the cemetery. Unfortunately, almost half the graves were destroyed by pond excavation and other construction projects.
IN, 2015, the previously untended enslaved graveyard was reclaimed as sacred ground and dedicated as a burial site. in 2017 the site's commercial developer donated the 2.75-acre parcel of land containing the cemetery to the Loudoun Freedom Center,
Called the "Journey to Freedom Heritage Trail," a 400-foot-long, wood-framed and gravel-paved walkway leads visitors through the cemetery... graves ae identified by aligned subsidence depressions in the ground. Rough, pointy field stones still protrude from the ground to mark the graves. The weathered rocks bear no names or dates, but stand as silent testimonials to the people whose graves they mark.
Constructed between 1796 and 1802, the plantations owned by Ludwell Lee and the Thomas Ludwell Lee families were on land now occupied by a private country club, a luxury resort, a medical research campus, and affluent suburban housing developments. The Lee families were cousins of Confederate General Robert E. Lee . Their plantations held some of the largest populations of enslaved people in Loudoun County. A tract of land between the neighboring Lee plantations was set aside for their burials. The burial ground dates back to the early 1800s
it's assumed that more than 80 enslaved people were buried in the cemetery. Unfortunately, almost half the graves were destroyed by pond excavation and other construction projects.
IN, 2015, the previously untended enslaved graveyard was reclaimed as sacred ground and dedicated as a burial site. in 2017 the site's commercial developer donated the 2.75-acre parcel of land containing the cemetery to the Loudoun Freedom Center,
Called the "Journey to Freedom Heritage Trail," a 400-foot-long, wood-framed and gravel-paved walkway leads visitors through the cemetery... graves ae identified by aligned subsidence depressions in the ground. Rough, pointy field stones still protrude from the ground to mark the graves. The weathered rocks bear no names or dates, but stand as silent testimonials to the people whose graves they mark.
it's assumed that more than 80 enslaved people were buried in the cemetery. Unfortunately, almost half the graves were destroyed by pond excavation and other construction projects.
IN, 2015, the previously untended enslaved graveyard was reclaimed as sacred ground and dedicated as a burial site. in 2017 the site's commercial developer donated the 2.75-acre parcel of land containing the cemetery to the Loudoun Freedom Center,
Called the "Journey to Freedom Heritage Trail," a 400-foot-long, wood-framed and gravel-paved walkway leads visitors through the cemetery... graves ae identified by aligned subsidence depressions in the ground. Rough, pointy field stones still protrude from the ground to mark the graves. The weathered rocks bear no names or dates, but stand as silent testimonials to the people whose graves they mark.
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