Family and friends of Asbury and Green Chappel seek to raise funds to build a fence and create signage at a historic African American cemetery on the site of the former Asbury Methodist Church in Bozman.
The cemetery had been ransacked, looted and ravaged by vandals ten years ago. Skulls and human bones were scattered throughout the wooded site and pieces of wooden coffins laid about with concrete vaults broken open.
A group of neighbors and other volunteers came together to restore and preserve the histories cemetery. They raised funds to cover the cost for the archaeological professionals at Grave Concerns to map and evaluate the site.
Since then the Family & Friends have reburied the remains in the cemetery, placed new vault covers on a number of the graves, repeatedly cleaned up the site and worked to create public interest in maintaining and sustaining it.
Talbot Master Gardeners has developed a simple but elegant plan for native plantings that will be low maintenance but appropriate for the wooded setting.
Now the group needs $30,000 to build a fence to enclose the cemetery and create suitable signage to assure its sense as a historic place in Talbot County.
Donation checks may be made out to “Friends of Asbury & Green Chappel” and mailed to P.O. Box 3241, Easton, Maryland. The nonprofit group has been designated as a 501 (C) (3) organization by the Internal Revenue Service, allowing donations to be tax deductible,
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