Website Timeline

Explore the web archive in chronological order. Records with dates that could not be confirmed do not appear here.

1998 to 2025

1998
Georgetown Historic District

2010
Mount Zion United Methodist Church and Heritage Center, and the Female Union Band Cemetery Historical Marker

2011
The Location: The Winding History of Mt. Zion Cemetery
The endangered Mount Zion Cemetery
Mt. Zion Cemetery
District Students Uncover Forgotten Black Past at Georgetown Cemetery

2012
Gone but Not Forgotten
Mt. Zion Cemetery/Female Union Band Cemetery and Alexander Crummell School Top List of 2012 Most Endangered Places in Washington

2014
Mt. Zion Cemetery

2015
Death of a Cemetery: Mt. Zion’s Disrepair
Category:Mount Zion Cemetery (Washington D.C.)
Death of a Cemetery: Mt. Zion's Disrepair

2016
At 2 Georgetown Cemeteries, History in Black and White
At 2 Georgetown Cemeteries, History in Black and White

2017
Mount Zion Cemetery's Underground Railroad Shelter - Atlas Obscura
Mount Zion is The Most Important Forgotten Cemetery In DC
Mt. Zion Cemetery Gets Some TLC
'I Use My Platform To Share Our Stories'
Mt. Zion Cemetery Ready for Its Own Resurrection
Unearthing African American History

2018
Historic Black Cemeteries in Georgetown Recognized by UN
‘I Think People & Communities Without Privilege Are At Risk’

2019
High School Students Restore Historic Mount Zion Cemetery in Georgetown

2020
D.C.’s Forgotten Cemetery: Mt. Zion Female Union Band Cemetery’s Struggle with Rememberance and Its Own Turbulent History
Mount Zion Cemetery Underground Railroad Shelter
Mount Zion United Methodist Church (1816- )
Saving America’s Graveyards
Students Collaborate to Research History of Those Buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery
Shop and Support the Mt. Zion-Female Union Band Society Historic Memorial Park
African-American Heritage Trail
The Grave Robbing of Mt Zion Cemetery
Students Collaborate to Research History of Those Buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery
Headstones and History: Black Lives Matter(ed)

2021
Mount Zion United Methodist Church - National Fund For Sacred Places
HOPE Crew Explores Black Land Lost in DC
Black Georgetown Rediscovered: Students Help Preserve History at Underground Railroad Hideout
The push to preserve Georgetown's historic Black cemetery and Underground Railroad stop
Washington DC Historic Sites
DC Preservation League's Post
Mt. Zion Female Union Marching Band Cemetery Reconstruction Fund

2022
Site Visit at Mt. Zion Female Union Band Cemetery
DC’S HIDDEN HISTORY: Unearthing Georgetown’s Past at Mount Zion Cemetery
Inside The Latest Fight To Protect DC's Historic Black Cemeteries
Mt Zion Cemetery, Washington, DC – Travel Blog
DC Emancipation and The Vote
Alliance for New Music-Theatre’s ‘Voices of Zion’ to dig deep into history
Leaving toys on graves was once seen as a strange D.C. cemetery custom
Voices of Zion Bring Back Black Georgetown
DC Emancipation and The Vote
Reclaiming Community Identity through Opera: Voices of Zion
Getting to Know the DMV: Georgetown

2023
Georgetown History Alive at Mt. Zion Cemetery on Juneteenth
Community Grieves Desecration of Child’s Grave at Georgetown’s Oldest Black Cemetery
D.C. Council Recognizes Black History Site in Georgetown
Day of Service at Mt. Zion and Female Band Society Cemeteries, Thursday October 19 from 9am-2pm
Background History
D.C. Council Recognizes Black History Site in Georgetown
Mt. Zion-Female Union Band Society Cemeteries Commemorated on 215th Anniversary
The Black Georgetown Foundation works to protect Georgetown’s African American cemeteries
Mt Zion Female Union Band Ceremonial Resolution of 2023
Mount Zion Cemetery
America’s Black Cemeteries and Three Women Trying to Save Them
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,380
Young girl's gravesite burned at historic Black cemetery in Georgetown
$3.8M in Action Fund Grants Help Protect 40 African American Historic Sites
Neglected And Desecrated: A Call To Preserve America's Black Cemeteries
Preserving Mount Zion
Nannie's Stone: Commemoration and Resistance

2024
Unearthing Black Georgetown - City Cast DC
Mount Zion Cemetery (Methodist Episcopal Burying Grounds; Female Union Band Society Graveyard)
Mount Zion – Female Union Band Society Cemetery Documentation Event
Black Chevy Chase DC and Mount Zion Cemetery of Georgetown: Connected in Life and Death
Mount Zion – Female Union Band Society Cemetery Documentation Workshop Recap
Mount Zion and Female Union Band Society Cemeteries
DC Emancipation Event in Georgetown
D.C. youth volunteer to preserve long-neglected and historic Black cemeteries
Past Prologue: Georgetown Cemeteries
Did the Underground Railroad Run Through Georgetown?
Historic Black cemetery preserves history despite challenges
Why Are Black Burial Grounds Disappearing Across America?
History of Black Georgetown Walking Tour
Honoring the Memory of Frances Poindexter of Georgetown
Voices of Zion: The Black Georgetown Cemeteries Project

2025
Mount Zion - Female Union Band Historic Memorial Park
Mt. Zion Cemetery / Female Union Band Society Cemetery Historical Marker
Mt. Zion Cemetery, The Old Methodist Burying Ground, Female Union Band Cemetery, 27th Street and Q Steet, Northwest, Washington, D.C.
Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery, Bounded by 27th Street right-of-way N.W. (formerly Lyons Mill Road), Q Street N.W., & Mill Road N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Landmark Lecture: Resting in Resistance: The Black Cemeteries of Georgetown
Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery, Bounded by 27th Street right-of-way N.W. (formerly Lyons Mill Road), Q Street N.W., & Mill Road N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Mount Zion Cemetery/Female Union Band Cemetery/Colored Union Benevolent Association (CUBA), Washington – DC
Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery, Bounded by 27th Street right-of-way N.W. (formerly Lyons Mill Road), Q Street N.W., & Mill Road N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery, Bounded by 27th Street right-of-way N.W. (formerly Lyons Mill Road), Q Street N.W., & Mill Road N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Black Georgetown Foundation
History of Black Georgetown Walking Tour