Briefly Looking Back at African American Life in the Jones Falls Valley Chattolanee – Baltimore County (l) C. Seymour Diggs, Coachman for the Samuel Shoemaker family (late 1800s)(r) C. Seymour Diggs, wife Amanda Figgs Diggs and their daughter Virgina Temple Diggs (early 1900s) (l) Historic African American Green Spring United Methodist Church (1881)((r) Historic African American Gothic Revival housesContinue reading “Juneteenth 2026 – Valley Voices”
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Celebrating the 2023 Juneteenth National Holiday: Briefly Looking Back at African American Life in the Jones Falls Valley
By Dick Williams, FTJF Membership VP The Village of Cross Keys is nestled within the Jones Falls Valley, south of Northern Parkway off Falls Road in Baltimore City. Developed in the 1960s by James Rouse, it prospers today with shops, restaurants, offices, a hotel, and residential housing. But, did you know there was a previousContinue reading “Celebrating the 2023 Juneteenth National Holiday: Briefly Looking Back at African American Life in the Jones Falls Valley”
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