This is where my family bought land, built a church, ran a school and created a legacy.

Adeline Harris and Rachel Stevens recount being baptized at Waterloo Baptist Church.

What we keep in our homes demonstrates what we find meaningful. Rachael Stevens, my great-aunt, shares what she has been holding sacred in the community where she was raised and has lived since 1941.

My maternal grandmother Lillian Marshall Smoot grew up in Waterloo, Fauquier County and it is the clues that she left behind that made this journey possible.

Adeline Harris, Rachael Stevens and Reverend Joe Jackson give their experiences growing up, attending Waterloo School and then heading to Rosenwald.

Hers was the voice that picked up in April 2015 putting me on a personal, spiritual and professional path I didn’t know would await 3 years later.

Cydny A. Neville sits on the Town Council of Dumfries, Virginia. But this day she was sitting at the intersection of the past and present.

Mary Frances Lawson married twice. Her mother Frances Lawson found partnership 3 times, and one of the first acts my 5th great-grandmother did on her own free accord was to marry. The question is and remains what were the hopes of these women via the relationships with the men they loved.