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Hopewell Church Restoration Project
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Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 32.270433, -86.727729
Lowndes Interpretive Center 7002 U.S. Hwy 80 West Hayneville, AL 36040
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In rural Lowndes County, Alabama, the small community of Mt. Willing is home to a rare treasure: an antebellum church building largely unchanged from when it was constructed in the early 1840s.
When restoration is complete, the Hopewell church site will be used to promote truth and reconciliation through exhibits, classes, and events that acknowledge and address the narrative of racial difference that was historically promoted by the antebellum church. The Project hopes to attract not only local visitors, but also some of the thousands of tourists who visit Montgomery and Selma but do not generally find their way to this underserved part of Lowndes County, which has borne more than its share of the economic and social burdens of slavery and its aftermath.
Join Rev. Dale Braxton to learn about this church that was built by skilled enslaved carpenters.
This event is open to the public and light refreshments will be provided.
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Hopewell Church Project/Jon Cook