The Maryland Board of Public Works approved the return of a small parcel of land that was an African American cemetery in Cabin John to the descendants of Morningstar Tabernacle No. 88.
The action, which was approved on Oct. 22, returns a piece of Maryland state highway land along an I495 right of way.
The quarter-acre property was taken by eminent domain in the early 1960s so that the Capital Beltway could be built. It may “hold as many as 26 unmarked graves,” according to Morningstar Tabernacle…