The Madison County African American Historical Association (MCAAHA) has introduced a new coloring and activity book designed to remember loved ones as well as ancestral family members and others who were enslaved. Entitled “Silent Ground: Remembering the Enslaved,” the book features several coloring pages with ideas and “ways to hold close the memories of loved ones.”
The book was produced as part of the MCAAHA’s “Silent Ground” initiative, which has also included a special memorial ceremony and reception to commemorate a cemetery for the enslaved in Graves Mill. An interpretive marker will be placed at the cemetery in early 2026. The Silent Ground initiative was developed in partnership with Madison County farm owners Kemp and Tommy Hill and has been supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities.
Contributors to the development of the book included MCAAHA founder Nancy Garnett Williams, Sue Garnett, and board member Dorren Brown.
The coloring and activity book will be available to school groups and students who visit the Lodge Hall Museum on Main Street.
