https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/the-free-young-mens-colored-union-benevolent-association/https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/asburychurch1866-e1369055272789.jpgAsburyChurch1866The Association held meetings at Asbury Methodist Church, shown here as it looked in 1866, at 11th and K streets, N.W.https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/brents-e1369054524905.jpgbrentsJohn Brent, shown here with his wife Elizabeth Edmonson Brent, was a long-time member of the Colored Union Benevolent Association, along with his son and several brothers-in-law.https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/alexanderportrait.jpgalexanderportraitFamed Baptist pastor and church founder Sandy Alexander was an active member of the Colored Union Benevolent Association.https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/handshakeclear2.jpghandshakeclearhttps://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/embossedseal.jpgembossedsealhttps://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1877constitutionborder-e1368666751492.jpg1877constitutionborderhttps://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1877constitution-e1368666511777.jpg1877constitutionThe Colored Union Benevolent Association Constitution, printed in 1877https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/constitution.jpgconstitution2025-09-08T19:28:12+00:00weekly0.6https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/walter-pierce-park-is-a-national-underground-railroad-site/https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/paynterbook.jpgPaynterbookFugitives of the Pearl by John H. Paynter, published in 1930. Paynter was a historian and an Edmonson family descendant whose father James was a member of the Colored Union Benevolent Association.https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/slaveiconflippedtransparent.jpgrunaway symbol2025-09-08T19:08:52+00:00weekly0.6https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/evidence-of-cemeteries/https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/stone_slate_c.jpgStone_Slate_Chttps://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/stone_block_1-e1370267695712.jpgStone_Block_1Foot stone or plot markerhttps://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1888topomap.jpg1888topomap1888 topographical map showing cemetery site close up.2025-09-08T19:06:25+00:00weekly0.6https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/news-stories-and-links/2025-02-17T17:07:45+00:00weekly0.6https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/the-names-find-your-ancestors/https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/matildahayes1-e1370294118775.jpgMatildaHayesThe 1889 death certificate for Matilda Hayes, a 67-year-old nurse/midwife who died in the Hillsdale neighborhood and was buried at Mt. Pleasant Plains.2022-12-05T20:31:28+00:00weekly0.6https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/soldiers-and-sailors/https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/untitled-1-copy.jpg4th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, at Ft. Lincoln, Washington, D.C.https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/freeborn-copy2.jpgfreeborn copyhttps://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/54th2.jpg54th2https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/22nd1.jpg22ndhttps://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/drummer1.jpgdrummer2022-11-04T10:19:34+00:00weekly0.6https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/the-quakers/https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/shoemakerwashfed3141804.jpgShoemakerWashFed3141804An ad in the Washington Federalist newspaper on March 14, 1804.https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1904quaker.jpg1904quakerhttps://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1860circaboschkemap1.jpg1860CircaBoschkeMaphttps://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1904straight1.jpg1904straightA 1904 map showing the Quaker and African American cemeteries.https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1904straight.jpg1904straighthttps://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/quaker.jpgquakerThe Quaker cemetery in an unkempt state at the southeast corner of the ball field at Walter Pierce Park.2020-07-26T17:19:40+00:00weekly0.6https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/historic-maps/https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2maporiginalnpszoo1-copy.jpg2MapOriginalNPSZOO1 copyMap showing the original boundaries of the historic cemeteries (dotted line) and how it is divided today among the National Zoo, Rock Creek Park, and Walter Pierce Park (map by Mary Belcher, 2012)https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2maporiginalboundaries-copy.jpg2MapOriginalBoundaries copyMap showing the Mt. Pleasant Plains and Quaker cemeteries site. (Map by Mary Belcher, 2012)https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1866michlermap.jpg1866MichlerMap1866 Michler map showing Quaker cemetery fenced in beneath the word "Cliffburne," 14 years before the establishment of the larger African American cemetery at the site.https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1960baistsmap-e1369008003551.jpg1960BaistsMap1960 Baist's Map; outline of Quaker cemetery is visible again (marked 809) after disappearing from earlier mapshttps://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/i945baistsmap-e1369007897171.jpgI945BaistsMap1945 Baist's map showing former cemetery land after purchase by Shapiro Brothers developers; on the west is the former cemetery land purchased earlier by the United States (National Park Service)https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1937baistsmap.jpg1937BaistsMap1937 Baist's map, showing former cemetery land at west end purchased by the United States (National Park Service), and the eastern side owned by court-appointed trustees of the Colored Union Benevolent Associationhttps://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1931baistsmapnpspart.jpg1931BaistsMapNPSpart1931 Baist's Map showing close-up of land purchased in 1929 by the United States (National Park Service) to become part of Rock Creek & Potomac Parkwayhttps://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1919baistsmap.jpg1919BaistsMap1919 Baist's map showing cemetery land owned by Colored Union Benevolent Association and the Quaker Burying Grounds, 29 years after both cemeteries were closed.https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1910fosterreynoldsmap.jpg1910Foster&ReynoldsMap1910 Foster & Reynolds map showing the land as a cemetery, even though burials had ceased in 1890.https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1907cramsmap.jpg1907CramsMap1907 map showing the land still marked as a cemetery land, 17 years after the closure of the African American and Quaker cemeteries.2020-07-26T15:48:32+00:00weekly0.6https://walterpierceparkcemeteries.orgdaily1.02025-09-08T19:28:12+00:00