by Shefa Nola Benoit | Sep 29, 2025 | African American Burial Grounds, Home Page Post, Latest News
Over the past eighteen months, the Mountain Heritage Folk School has set out on a journey both humbling and profound: to identify the unmarked and unknown graves of African Americans in Hardy County, including those of people who were once enslaved. This work has...
by Shefa Nola Benoit | Jul 10, 2025 | African American Burial Grounds, Latest News
In Hardy County, two historic African American cemeteries—Oak Hill in Moorefield and Alum Banks in Wardensville—stand as quiet testaments to lives once lived. Long overlooked and under-tended, these sacred spaces reflect not only a lack of awareness but also the...
by Shefa Nola Benoit | Sep 13, 2023 | African American Burial Grounds, Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE – September 15, 2023 Mountain Heritage Trail (MHT) is excited to announce its latest trail, Restored Humanity: African American Burial Sites of Hardy County. The trail will identify, research, map, and document the process that reveals and...
