'Healing, reconciliation, honor, and identity': Group researching unmarked graves at Maryland church

'Healing, reconciliation, honor, and identity': Group researching unmarked graves at Maryland church

By Breana Ross Click here for updates on this story     BOWIE, Maryland (WBAL) — Kevin Porter felt a mix of emotions as he stared at a headstone for someone he never got to know. His ancestors once lived and worked on land that is now Sacred Heart Church in Bowie. Some of his ancestors were enslaved, while others were enslavers. “It’s a painful history to reckon with, but we can’t reckon with the history if we don’t know the history,” said Porte…