Church Windows

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Mount Moriah Baptist Church

I love windows with old glass!

Mount Moriah Historic Cemetery

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Yesterday I showed you the church, now let's take a walk down to the cemetery...

Follow along this old trace road. It is believed that this road predates the Civil War.

There were a few of these hand made wooden crosses placed on the graves...

This cemetery was originally a slave burial site. Many of the graves are unmarked now and are only identified by their shallow depressions left in the ground.

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Through My Lens - Mount Moriah Baptist Church

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Mount Moriah Baptist Church . 3521 East Orange Avenue . Roanoke . 24012

I thought today, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, would be a good time to show you this historical little church. Yesterday the boys and I took a short ride to go see it. It was FREEZING cold!

This little church was built in 1908 but was one of the earliest congregations for African Americans with origins as a Sunday School for slaves back in the mid 1800's.

Right Here is quite a bit of interesting info about the church on the National Historic Registration form.

While I was looking around for more info I also sadly found that this sweet little church has been vandalized quite a few times :(

Tomorrow I will show you the cemetery.

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