Government leaders in Arlington County, Virginia, are moving ahead with further discussions to grant special recognition to a local Black church’s cemetery.
The Mount Salvation Baptist Church was founded in 1879 and has laid dozens of people to rest on their grounds since the early 20th century.
WTOP confirms the matter will be brought up during public hearings at the next Planning Commission session on Feb. 8 and will then go before the Arlington County Board at their next meeting on Feb. 20.
“If we don’t preserve it now, we risk losing the history,” County Board Chair Matt de Ferranti said.