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Remnants of Black church uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reginald F. Davis, from left, pastor of First Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Connie Matthews Harshaw, a member of First Baptist, ...
CNN

Colonial Williamsburg tells the story of early American settlers. But in 1956 it paved over Black history to make a parking lot

Beneath the asphalt parking lot of America’s largest living history museum, gravesites linked to one of the nation’s oldest Black churches remained hidden for decades until last year. Archaeologists ...
WRIC

Colonial Williamsburg’s First Baptist Church to undergo $3 million restoration

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — One of the country’s first Black Baptist churches will undergo archeological discoveries, a reconstruction and live interpretations thanks to a $3 million national grant.
The Virginian-Pilot

Colonial Williamsburg team discovers historic First Baptist Church’s original structure, buried for 165 years

Excitement bubbled inside the small barrier fence encompassing the S. Nassau Street dig site. The archaeology team working there fought against the excitement as they could not yet be sure of their ...
Wane

Remnants of Black church uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The brick ...
New York Post

Remnants of black church uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg

Reginald F. Davis, from left, pastor of First Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Connie Matthews Harshaw, a member of First Baptist, and Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg's director of archaeology, stand ...
WRIC

Remnants of Black church uncovered in Colonial Williamsburg

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The brick foundation of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches has been unearthed at Colonial Williamsburg, a living history museum in Virginia that continues to reckon ...