Community members and local leaders gathered to commemorate the raising of Scotland A.M.E. Zion Church, a historic Black church in Potomac, after a flood in 2019 wiped out its foundation. This is the latest milestone in the project to restore the church and build a new place of worship.

According to Brian Gafney, an architect with Antunovich Associates, crews used hydraulics to move the 100-year-old two and half feet above Seven Locks Road to protect it from future flooding.

Former Montgomery County Executive Ike Legget attended the celebration and said, “Let me explain something to you, this is African American history.”