Parts of the Rock Creek trail near Georgetown will remain closed this weekend. The area is preparing for an archaeological study of two 200-year-old Black cemeteries.
This weekend, the weather will be warm, but runners, walkers, and bikers will have to avoid parts of one of DC’s most popular trails: the paths along Rock Creek Park near Georgetown. It’s for good reason—an archeological exploration of two of DC’s oldest Black cemeteries will begin there on March 21.
The cemeteries’ land was acquired by the US government via eminent domain in 1931 for the development of Rock Creek Parkway, The excavation was set in motion in the fall of 2021, when Mount Zion-Female Union Band Society Memorial Park’s executive director, Lisa Fager,working on expanding a bike path within the cemeteries’ limits. No one had contacted her or her organization, which has been focused on the cemeteries since 2005. In fact, the burial grounds had been left off the maps used by city and federal agencies.
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