FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition Dr. Marsha-Coleman Adebayo - 240-731-9577 This Memorial Day: Montgomery County Builds Storage Units on Black Soldiers’ Graves Bethesda, MD. 05/26/25 Memorial Day is meant to honor the fallen. But in Montgomery County, Maryland, Black veterans lie buried beneath a parking lot and a high-rise apartment building. Now, a self-storage facility is being built over them. At Moses African Cemetery in Bethesda, Black soldiers like Pvt. H.H. Brown, a U.S. Colored Troops veteran, was laid to rest with dignity by the River Road community a once-thriving Black settlement post emancipation.Their service to this nation is undeniable. Their sacrifice is recorded. But their graves have been paved over, built on, and desecrated with the full knowledge and permission of County and the State of Maryland. The apartment complex known as Westwood Towers sits directly atop the graves of these men, women, and children. A parking lot ...