Brewer Hill Cemetery Association, Inc.

03/14/2026

ONE WEEK AWAY!

Let us know you’re coming, by registering here: https://www.brewerhillcemetery.org/shop/p/maryland-day-2026

Event Spotlight: Guided Walking Tour and Community Archives Event with the Brewer Hill Cemetery Association, Inc.

📅 : Saturday, March 21 at 11 am
📍: Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center

Join us at the Bates Legacy Center starting at 11 am, to learn how you can support the Brewer Hill cemetery through donations and community engagement. Enjoy light refreshments, learn about the history of the Cemetery and hear stories from dedicated volunteers.

Are you connected to Brewer Hill or perhaps have things that you can contribute to our collections? The community archive is interested in items like birth, death, and marriage certificates, or old photographs of places and families associated with Brewer Hill and the surrounding community. Scanners will be on hand at Bates Legacy Center so we can collect images of items you bring that day!

At 1:00pm, we hope you will join us on a guided walking tour from Bates Legacy Center over to the Brewer Hill Cemetery at 802 West Street, (about an 8 minute/ 0.4-mile walk) where you will learn more about the history and preservation efforts ongoing at Brewer Hill. Dress for the weather- and wear comfortable shoes!

02/04/2026

✊🏾 Happy ! ✊🏾

Since its inception, “The People’s Brewer Hill Cemetery Corporation of Anne Arundel County,” (now Brewer Hill Cemetery Association) has been Black-founded, led, and operated.

As an entity of cemetery stewards not governed by a church, our organization is historic in its own right. We also have the honor of serving as the final resting place for many Black historical figures — across gender, social status, civilian, and military — whose actions span hundreds of years, and legacies continue to impact our people in the present day.

“Let’s Honor Those on Whose Shoulders We Stand”

01/24/2026

Our next cemetery tour through Historic Annapolis is live for registration! Proceeds are donated to the BHCA to help with grounds maintenance.

Join us May 2nd at 1pm on the grounds, to learn about the interred, preservation efforts, and our vision & plans for the future. If registrations near capacity, we’ll open up a 3pm tour!

🔗 You can register through our website under events, or through HA at https://www.annapolis.org/event/brewer-hill-tour-may2026/

01/14/2026

🗓️ TOMORROW NIGHT: Join our partner, the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum, to hear about the importance of preserving Black cemeteries!

The panel features a small handful of our members/volunteers, who will share details about where Brewer Hill has been, and where we’re headed.

🔗 Register at the link in the post!

Honor MLK's legacy of service! Join the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum for "Sacred Ground, Shared Hands: Volunteer Power and the Preservation of Maryland’s Black Cemeteries," a deep dive into how volunteers are preserving Maryland’s historic Black cemeteries. Learn the impact, the best practices, and be inspired by success stories.

Moderated by MCAAHC’s Research Specialist, Alexandria Anderson, this program is more than a discussion; it is a call to action. As we celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday, you will learn how you can contribute to this vital work, honoring the legacy of Dr. King by serving your community and helping to preserve the sacred ground that holds the stories of our nation's past. Together, we can keep the memory alive.

Panelists include:
🎤 Rebecca Britt, Consultant
Rebecca Britt is a retired Police Captain with over 26 years of dedicated service to the community. She is the Founder and CEO of Capritt Consulting, a firm driving equality, leadership, and the preservation of ancestral history through service, engagement, and empowerment.

🎤 Briayna Cuffie, Public Historian
Briayna Cuffie is a consultant, public historian, and future author based in Annapolis, Maryland. She leverages her political expertise, teachings from her elders, and history, to help others understand the complexity of Blackness in the United States. Briayna is co-founder and the racial equity advisor for www.reparations4slavery.com.

🎤 Hess Stinson, Cultural Strategist
Hess Stinson, MFA is a poet/playwright, archivist, ethnographer, storyteller, cultural strategist, and healing artist. As the founder of the Chesapeake Conjure Society, Hess’ creative and community work as a Hoodoo historian lives at the crossroads of heritage and environment. Their stories are rooted in folklore, communal ways of knowing, interiority, and the place-based practices around the Chesapeake Bay.

Register today! https://bit.ly/SacredGroundSharedHands

01/06/2026

🗞️ 🗞️

Brewer Hill Cemetery is on BPW’s agenda tomorrow, and slated to be approved for a $250,000 grant from Maryland Historical Trust’s African-American Heritage program.

The funds will help us immensely with vegetation, ground-penetration radar assessment, preservation of grave markers, interactive signage, upgraded paved ways, and more.

The next phase of the BHCA’s vision is on the horizon, and we hope you’ll join us along the journey!

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas!

We hope your holiday is filled with traditions, family recipes, and memories - new and old.

12/03/2025

Across Maryland, cemeteries — both marked and unmarked — hold powerful stories about our communities, families, and shared history. The Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup Report explores why documenting these burial places matters and how a statewide cemetery inventory could help protect them from accidental damage, loss, and neglect.

Read the full report here: bit.ly/3Kp6AAw

11/24/2025

🗞️ It’s Official! 🗞️

Our town hall attendees heard it first from Volunteer and Grant Manager Calynn Offer-Evans:

The Brewer Hill Cemetery Association is a grant recipient of Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area’s mini grant! The outcomes of the $5,000 grant (and over 200 volunteer hours) will be interpretative signage that cements the importance of those buried at Brewer Hill, as well as the continued development of our new website.

Stay tuned for updates!

The Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area has awarded $31,400 in mini-grants to 11 heritage-focused nonprofit organizations in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, supporting projects that promote heri…

11/21/2025

🧑🏾‍🏫 Still thinking about last week’s town hall? So are we!

Calynn (BHCA), Jasmine (City of Annapolis), and Griffin (Atwell) shared a wealth of knowledge (and visuals!) with the audience about the topographical and geological obstacles of the property. For those interested in learning more about the irrigation plans that will abate some of our decades-long environmental challenges, our preservation page is now live!

🔗 Access to reports, surveys, maps, and more are available at www.brewerhillcemetery.org/preservation

11/18/2025

What an inspiring and energizing night at the Brewer Hill Cemetery Association's town hall last week. Historic Annapolis is proud to partner with the Brewer Hill Cemetery Association, Inc.! It was amazing to see one of our passionate VSAs. Briayna Cuffie, standing tall at the podium!⭐ Brewer Hill Cemetery Association, Inc.

Brewer Hill is the resting place of generations of African-American Annapolitans, whose families have had to find ways to maintain the cemetery for many years. Maintenance has been a challenging task, as you can imagine.

The Brewer Hill Cemetery Association regularly holds fundraisers to help with maintenance costs for this important landmark, as the cemetery is dependent on donations and private fundraising projects.

🔹To volunteer or to donate, visit their website or page:
https://www.brewerhillcemetery.org/
https://www.facebook.com/BrewerHillCA

11/17/2025

✍🏾 NOW is as good a time as any to set your commitment with us!

For those who felt inspired after joining us (in-person or virtually) on Thursday, please fill out our form below, so that we can follow-up, reach out, and plan with you!

🤝 Your Commitment: Time, Talent, and Resources Form We invite you to honor and preserve this ground by giving in ways that match your time, talents, and resources. Every contribution—whether time, money, supplies, or skills—helps keep Brewer Hill beautiful for generations to come. About This ...

11/16/2025

Many thanks to all who joined us Thursday evening, and to Roland Gilmer for photographing the momentus event!