Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage of Montgomery County announced that 10 homes and gardens will be open May 18. This is the 94th year the tour is being held. It tuns from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets for the tour proceeds benefit Scotland African Methodist Episcopal Church on Seven Locks Road in Potomac. The 100-year-old church […]
This 4-part story takes a look at the past, present, and future of the Scotland community. Developed by Lesli Foster, an award-winning journalist and WUSA9 Weeknight Anchor, each part presents a different facet of the Scotland Story. “The historic Black community of Scotland in Potomac, Maryland is the story of renewal, removal and resilience. It […]
POTOMAC, Md. — A special honor for a local community working tirelessly to preserve African American history in Montgomery County is getting us uplifted right before the MLK holiday. The Scotland African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Potomac, Maryland was built by hand in 1924 by church members in what was the Black community of Scotland. The […]
Potomac’s Scotland African American Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church was honored with the 2024 Legacy Award for Civic Engagement and Community Impact. The church was selected for the award by the International Salute to the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the community’s efforts to restore its building after a flood […]
The Scotland African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church’s efforts to restore and expand its Potomac building was selected to receive the 2024 Legacy Award for Civic Engagement and Community Impact from the International Salute to the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Church and community members will be honored Jan. 14 at […]
POTOMAC, Md. (WJLA) – Faith and football are working together to help rebuild an historic AME church. Hand built by church members from 1915 to 1924, Scotland AME Zion church, along Seven Locks Road in the Scotland community of Potomac, Maryland, was the center of life for generations of predominately Black congregates. The property was […]
POTOMAC, Md. (7News) — Hand built by church members from 1915 to 1924, Scotland A.M.E. Zion Church along Seven Locks Road in the Scotland community of Potomac, Maryland was the center of life for generations of predominately Black congregants. The property was originally purchased by freed Black slaves. Today, this Maryland State Historic Site is being […]
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 […]
Four years after floods destroyed the foundation of Scotland AME Zion Church in Potomac, residents of one of Montgomery County’s oldest Black communities gazed upon their uplifted church. Original plans called for the 99-year-old church on Seven Locks Road to be lifted off its foundation Thursday afternoon, but recent rains that softened the ground convinced […]
Construction crews raised a historic Black church Thursday as part of the restoration effort after a flood wiped out its foundation in 2019, making the structure in Potomac, Maryland, unsafe. “Scotland A.M.E. Zion Church has been through the fire, we’ve been through the flood, but we’re still standing here because of His blood,” church member […]
