In honor of preservation month AAHA is please to host Frank Washington to share a local preservation movement. Frank Washington was born and raised in Thoroughfare Va. He is a member of the Oakrum Baptist Church where he holds the title of Chairman of The Trustee Board, Youth Director and Minister of Music. He formed the Coalition To Save Historic Thoroughfare three and a half years ago in efforts to protect historic Slave, Freed Slave and Indigenous gravesites and cemeteries not only in Thoroughfare but throughout the Prince William County and the state. Frank also holds a seat on the Prince William County Architectural Board.
He has worked closely with Virginia State Senator Danica Roem to help revise the Interment Rights Bill, a second Bill requiring proper printed notifications regarding any sale of properties containing a cemetery and a third Bill that allows varied forms of identification to help Black families prove their link to historic cemeteries.