Black History NoVA & DC

[+johnaugus]

Hello, friends! I have recently created, and am expanding, a shared bookmark list called "Black History NoVA & DC." My goal is to inform anyone who may be interested in geocaches deliberately highlighting local Black history or at least hidden close to important Black history sites. I'm posting this note to the forums in hope that other geocachers in this area, or geocachers who have visited this area, might have even more geocaches to recommend for inclusion in the list!

 

While I am most interested, for the purposes of this list, in geocaches that deliberately highlight local Black history, many caches on the list are simply near important or interesting Black history sites. The geocache closest to Jones Point in Alexandria does not mention Benjamin Banneker in the cache description, for example, but Jones Point is nevertheless significant to local Black history and therefore worthy of inclusion.

 

Most of the geocaches on the list are located within 50 miles of DC (a radius that allowed me to include the John Brown Museum in Harper's Ferry), but I have made an exception for a geocache at the first Virginia state park created for people of color. I might be willing to make other exceptions as well.

 

Please let me know if you would like to share any suggestions! Thanks.

[+MissJenn]

Please also consider adding your note to this thread: "Mid-Atlantic Bookmarks- a handy thread to share bookmark lists"

You might get more eyes on the topic that way.

[+johnaugus]

Please also consider adding your note to this thread: "Mid-Atlantic Bookmarks- a handy thread to share bookmark lists"

You might get more eyes on the topic that way.

Thanks, MissJenn!