Middletown, VA
Saturday was opening day for Belle Grove Plantation after a winter break. I’ve been there many times, but I wanted to see the new quilts on display. These were stitched at community events and venues as part of a project to honor the memories of the enslaved workers who kept Belle Grove flourishing from 1783 to 1851.
Names of 270 people are on the quilts, organized by family groups. Their names were discovered through years of research using local records, news articles, and other sources.
In the next room is an archaeology exhibit called “Unearthing Enslaved Lives.” I’ve been following the research here for quite a few years. Historians, archaeologists, and students have done an impressive of reconstructing stories that were almost lost to time.
The property is on the Cedar Creek Civil War battlefield.
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