A Tale of Two Cemeteries

Last November/December, scouted and then co-led a photo walk through two cemeteries in Georgetown.

From a 2016 NY Times article:  "On one side is Oak Hill, a lush slope of well-tended graves of congressmen, publishers and cabinet members who were, with few exceptions, white. On the other side is the Mount Zion and Female Union Band Society Cemetery. There, broken gravestones lie in large piles and dogs and their owners have taken the place of mourners for the slaves, freedmen and mostly black citizens buried below."  

Our first visit was to the neglected Mount Zion and then onto the beautiful grounds of Oak Hill.  But found beauty in both.

Hard to believe that this was nearly a year ago.