(AURN News) — A new 1,000-acre park in Maryland is honoring Black history in the United States. Freedman’s State Park is now open and chronicles the lives of a Black family that went from slavery to becoming one of the most influential families in Montgomery County, Maryland. The property was owned by Enoch George Howard and his wife, Harriet Howard. “When we preserve a place like this, we are doing more than protecting acreage,” said Chichi Nya…
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