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Grand Council, Independent Order of St. Luke, Meets in Suffolk (1897)

Posted on October 7, 2020October 9, 2020

Mrs. Ethel A. Cohoon Nevels

Posted on September 23, 2020October 9, 2020

Tropical Storm Isaias Update: Views of Oak Lawn

Posted on August 8, 2020August 11, 2020

Oak Lawn Cemetery, Historical Marker

Posted on November 5, 2019October 12, 2020

Protected: Memorial Day, 2019

Posted on May 27, 2019September 3, 2020

Duke Magazine (Winter 2018): Alumna takes care of sacred spaces

Posted on February 26, 2019June 11, 2020

African American Images of Suffolk: In an African American neighborhood, ca. 1925

Posted on August 13, 2016August 19, 2020

Recovering and Preserving African American Cemeteries – National Trust for Historic Preservation, Preservation Leadership Forum

Posted on June 2, 2016July 22, 2020

African American Images of Suffolk: First Baptist Church – Mahan (org. 1866)

Posted on October 13, 2015August 19, 2020

Visiting Cedar Hill Cemetery (1802)

Posted on February 4, 2015June 9, 2020

Meeting up with Margaret Wynn

Posted on July 9, 2014June 11, 2020

Meeting descendant Margaret Wynn

Posted on June 11, 2014June 11, 2020

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on July 13, 2020July 22, 2020
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Oak Lawn Cemetery Mapping Project begins…

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on November 18, 2020November 18, 2020

Grand Lodge, Virginia Knights of Pythias, Meets in Suffolk (1897)

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on November 15, 2020

Ms. Pearl L. Jackson, Educator

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on November 12, 2020November 12, 2020

On James Henry Campbell, U. S. Army, World War II, and finding his Civil War ancestor

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on November 5, 2020

Tales from Old Nansemond: Pvt. Jackson Copeland, 26th U. S. Colored Infantry

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on November 3, 2020
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African American Images of Suffolk: Maroon Colonies, Great Dismal Swamp

Dismal Swamp State Park. Photo: Nadia K. Orton. All rights reserved.

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on November 2, 2020November 2, 2020

Willie G. Brown, U. S. Army

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on October 28, 2020

Willie Salmon Pearson, U. S. Army

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on October 28, 2020

Leon Thomas Jennings, U. S. Army

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on October 20, 2020October 29, 2020

WWI Veteran Allen Boston Bryant (1896-1973)

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on October 19, 2020
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African American Images of Suffolk: Nansemond County Training School (Rosenwald)

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African American Images of Suffolk

African American Images of Suffolk: Nansemond County Training School (Rosenwald)

African American Images of Suffolk: Canaan Baptist Church, est. 1875

Exploring hidden African American history…

African American Images of Suffolk: Mount Ararat Christian Church, ca. 1866

Protected: The Obituary of Mrs. Gaines

African American Images of Suffolk: Gethsemane Baptist Church, ca. 1875

Tropical Storm Isaias Update: Views of Oak Lawn

African American Images of Suffolk: Students and staff of the Nansemond Collegiate Institute, ca. 1907

African American Images of Suffolk: Two Americas (ca. 1922)

Protected: Memorial Day at Oak Lawn, 2020

African American Images of Suffolk: Mount Sinai Baptist Church

Mineral Springs Baptist Church, Whaleyville

Oak Lawn Cemetery, Historical Marker

Protected: Memorial Day, 2019

Memorial Day, 2018: Three generations…

African American Images of Suffolk: In an African American neighborhood, ca. 1925

African American Images of Suffolk: First Baptist Church – Mahan (org. 1866)

African American Images of Suffolk: Corinth Chapel United Church of Christ, est. 1868

Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Cemetery

Nansemond Collegiate Institute (1890)

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Suffolk, VA 23434

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Recent Posts

Grand Lodge, Virginia Knights of Pythias, Meets in Suffolk (1897)

November 18, 2020
Ms. Pearl L. Jackson, Educator

November 15, 2020
On James Henry Campbell, U. S. Army, World War II, and finding his Civil War ancestor

November 12, 2020
Tales from Old Nansemond: Pvt. Jackson Copeland, 26th U. S. Colored Infantry

November 5, 2020
African American Images of Suffolk: Maroon Colonies, Great Dismal Swamp

November 3, 2020

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