VIENNA, Va. — This historic African American cemetery on Orchard Street is one of two historic burial grounds in Fairfax County associated with the Sons and Daughters of Liberty, a Black fraternal and mutual aid society active during the post-Civil War era.

Organizations such as the Sons and Daughters of Liberty were essential institutions within Black communities across Virginia after emancipation, providing burial insurance, sick benefits, and a framework for community organization that helped fill the void created by exclusion from many white civic and religious institutions.

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