Rollingwood Burial GROUND
STUDENT Inquiry Group
We may never know the names of the people who were interred at Rollingwood Burial Ground, or its precise location, but we can honor their lives and acknowledge their final resting place.
Renata Lisowski, Director, Archive and Research Center, Chevy Chase Historical Society
INQUIRY QUESTION: How can honoring our past bring healing to our present world & hope for our future?
Phase 1: INquiry through research
The four videos below are condensed from a presentation by historian Renata Lisowski, Director, Archive and Research Center
Chevy Chase Historical Society. Please click HERE for a full list of our source citations.
Enslavement Landscape.mp4How Did Enslavement Function in Chevy Chase ?
Who Was Buried There and How Do We Know_.mp4Who Is Buried at Rollingwood and How Do We Know?
What Were Their Lives Like_.mp4What Were Their Lives Like?
.com.google.Chrome.OvASu7How Was the Burial Ground Erased from History (Until Now)?
Slave Experience In Montgomery County, MD.mp4LEARN more about enslavement in MoCo, from the Sandy Spring Museum.
VIEW a visual overview of the Rollingwood Burial Ground history, from the Chevy Chase Historical Society.
LEARN how Howard University architecture students designed the "Slave Memorial" at George Washington's estate, Mt. Vernon.
Phase 2: Action through activism
Brainstorm List of Possible Action Projects
HSCourseBulletin2025.pdf
Phase 3: Reflection
