Howard Chapel Cemetery
Cathy and I found the Howard Chapel Cemetery this afternoon. We had walked in Patuxent River State Park and knew of the cemetery but hadn’t walked to it. Today we drove there, north of Unity (which is just west of Sunshine on Damascus Road, a.k.a. MD 650), on Howard Chapel Road. The sign at the cemetery says, “The burial ground of the ancestors of the original African American community of Howard Chapel 1862” We walked around the cemetery and then across the road, where we found what we assume was the location of the associated chapel. The red blazed trail from Patuxent River State Park crosses Howard Chapel Road just north of the cemetery, so you can come that way, as well.