{"id":29,"date":"2025-09-05T05:31:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2026-02-04T04:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T04:07:25","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"29\" class=\"elementor elementor-29\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cb9717 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3cb9717\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00f1045 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"00f1045\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dee8d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2dee8d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unearthing a Legacy.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45cb0cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45cb0cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dig Mitchelville is the official, publicly accessible digital archive of<br \/>archaeological and historical research at Historic Mitchelville <br \/>Freedom Park.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Funded in part by Alice L. Walton Foundation<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4c738e elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f4c738e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/current-collections\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Explore the History<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229ccdc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"229ccdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a954cb elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0a954cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man_shovel.png\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"937\" src=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man_shovel-874x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-774\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man_shovel-874x1024.png 874w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man_shovel-256x300.png 256w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man_shovel-768x900.png 768w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man_shovel.png 1222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae6bd0f e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae6bd0f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39b77bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39b77bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a56e81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a56e81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Current Archaeology<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ffb657 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6ffb657\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eac97dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eac97dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park, archaeology connects today&#8217;s communities with the remarkable history of this sacred ground &#8211; the first self-governed town of formerly enslaved people in the United States. Currently, our park has three active archaeological projects that are working to document the lives of past people while efforts to expand Park facilities are underway. Learn more about each project below.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dbf4db elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1051 elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"9dbf4db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;classic_columns&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.classic\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-classic elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-315 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-current-archaeology\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/current-archaeology\/artifacts-and-features\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ghost-frame-300x215.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1248\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ghost-frame-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ghost-frame-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ghost-frame-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ghost-frame-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ghost-frame.jpg 1089w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/current-archaeology\/artifacts-and-features\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tGhost Structure Archaeology Project:<br> Connecting the Dots\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Before our Ghost Structure Exhibit could be built, we needed to know where Mitchelville buildings were in the past, and were there any clues left behind to help us learn about Mitchelville residents? <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-300 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-current-archaeology\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/current-archaeology\/native-american-ceramic-sherd\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/archaeological-_research-300x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1205\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/archaeological-_research-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/archaeological-_research-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/archaeological-_research-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/archaeological-_research-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/archaeological-_research.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/current-archaeology\/native-american-ceramic-sherd\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tARFA Building Archaeology Project:<br>Echoes Through Time\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The first building we are erecting in the Park is our Archaeological Research Facility and Auditorium. But before laying its foundations, we had to examine the ground beneath it for evidence of past people. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-291 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-current-archaeology\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/current-archaeology\/artifacts-recovered\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/digital_archive-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-726\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/digital_archive-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/digital_archive-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/digital_archive-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/digital_archive.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/current-archaeology\/artifacts-recovered\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tInterpretive Center Archaeology: <br>Stories Surround Us\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The Interpretive Center will be the heart of Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park. welcoming in our visitors and helping tell the story of our past. But it may have been the heart of another community in the past too. Our archaeologists are working to learn more. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a8904b elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5a8904b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/current-collections\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Explore more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a88503 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1a88503\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bdb4fb e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9bdb4fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d04a82b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d04a82b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27ff06d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27ff06d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Archaeology Collections<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0f9e7f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f0f9e7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-081fec4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"081fec4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For over four decades, archaeologists have been uncovering the stories buried beneath Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park\u2014the first self-governed town of formerly enslaved people in the United States. From the pioneering work of the 1980s to recent community-engaged excavations, each project has added crucial pieces to our understanding of this sacred ground where freedom, democracy, citizenship, and opportunity first took root for Gullah Islanders.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b495a83 elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"b495a83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;classic_columns&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.classic\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-classic elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-360 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-archaeology-collections\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/archaeology-collections\/1980s-the-chicora-foundation\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trink_F3-300x220.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-364\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trink_F3-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trink_F3-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trink_F3.png 1010w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/archaeology-collections\/1980s-the-chicora-foundation\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tThe 1980s Collection\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>In the 1980s the Chicora Foundation did the first archaeology in what would become our Park. This project was the first to document the archaeology of Mitchelville and the researcher&#8217;s findings changed the way we understood American history. Read this Collection to learn more. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-372 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-archaeology-collections\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/archaeology-collections\/remote-sensing-begins\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4829-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-373\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4829-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4829-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4829-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4829-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4829-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/archaeology-collections\/remote-sensing-begins\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tThe Praise House Collection: I\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>In 2018 the Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park began the process of building a Master Plan for park development. One of the early goals was trying to locate the first Church or Praise House erected in Mitchelville. Read this Collection to learn more. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-380 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-archaeology-collections\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/archaeology-collections\/mitchelvilles-first-church\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/36679810-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-381\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/36679810-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/36679810-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/36679810-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/36679810-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/36679810.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/exploremitchelville.org\/dig-site\/archaeology-collections\/mitchelvilles-first-church\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tThe Praise House Collection: II\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Archaeologists returned to our Park in 2019 to pick up their research where they had left off the last season. using evidence they found over the winter, they opened up more excavations. 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