Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

FILE PHOTO: MICHELLE CASSIDY/THE HOYA | The cemetery, which has the graves of over 1,000 freed and enslaved African Americans, expects to finish renovations by early 2020.

Renovations to the Neglected Holy Rood Cemetery Underway

By Hansen Lian November 1, 2019

Holy Rood Cemetery, which was one of the nation’s largest burial places for enslaved black people, is undergoing extensive renovations to restore its historic grounds.  FILE PHOTO: MICHELLE...

Holy Rood Cemetery

By Michelle Cassidy October 7, 2011

Holy Rood: A Cemetery With a Tell-Tale Heart

By Jonathan Gillis October 7, 2011

Holy Rood Cemetery has all the looks of a haunted graveyard. Perched at the crest of a hill and held above Wisconsin Avenue by a stone wall, the cemetery looks from the street like the setting of an...

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