Cumberland Middle School students have researched and sponsorship a historical marker about a historic Black community.

Xavier Bland, Jeremiah Brown, Michael Darpino, Audrey Dickstein, William DuFrain, Baylee Haas, Alana Jackson-Lewis, Barry Jones, Nathan Paschall, Christian Recktenwald, Wyatt Talmage, Nikki Brandt and Makayla Robinson
The writers are students at Cumberland Middle School in Cumberland County.
Cumberland middle school students get a historical marker approved
Editor’s note: Lewis Longenecker, a history teacher at Cumberland Middle School, has worked with his classes to research and sponsor proposals for historical markers across Virginia. He had his class write this report on their latest project. Last school year, the National Education Association Foundation awarded a grant to Cumberland Middle School to fund a […]