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Ongoing ActivitiesOpen daily, sunrise to sunsetSelf-guided tours Cherry Hill Cemetery This late 1800s African American family farm cemetery is the only intact African American family farm cemetery in the Bladensburg-Riversdale-Hyattsville area. Interpretive signage is on site. 6821 Ingraham Street, Riverdale 20737 301-627-1286; TTY 301-699-2544 Open daily, sunrise to sunset Self-guided tours with interpretive signage. Columbia Air Center Memorial What is now a wide open field at Patuxent River Park in Upper Marlboro, used to be a booming airfield with several large aviation hangars in the mid-1900s. Visit our newest memorial park site and learn about the first African American-owned and -operated airfield in America. 16000 Croom Airport Road, Upper Marlboro 20772 301-627-6074; TTY 301-699-2544 Open daily, sunrise to sunset Self-guided tours Northampton Slave Quarters and Archaeological Park This historic site features reconstructed foundations of two slave quarters from the former Northampton Plantation (1673-1860). Interpretive signage is on site. 10915 Water Port Court, Bowie 20721 301-627-1286; TTY 301-699-2544 Monday, February 1-Sunday, February 28; Daily, 9 am-5 pm (daylight hours) Self-Guided Walking Tour: “Three Towns - One Community” Take a self-guided, walking tour of the historically black towns of Cedar Heights, Fairmount Heights, and Chapel Oaks. During your tour, you’ll see many historic homes and buildings, including the former home of Booker T. Washington’s daughter; the former home of the first black Superintendent of Prince George’s County’s Black Schools; the former home of one of Prince George’s County’s first black judges; and an 85+-year-old home built with plans from the Sears-Roebuck catalog. Also see one of the first black-owned gas stations and stop at the historic Chapel Oaks Fire Station, one of the first all-black fire departments in the country. Cedar Heights Community Center 1200 Glen Willow Drive, Seat Pleasant 20743 301-773-8881; TTY 301-218-6768 |
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