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Historical Highway MarkersBeulah Baptist ChurchE-139
African Americans escaping slavery found refuge in Alexandria after Union troops occupied the city in 1861. The Rev. Clement “Clem” Robinson established the First Select Colored School in 1862. Hundreds of students registered for day and evening classes and for courses at the associated Beulah Normal and Theological Institute. In Oct. 1863, Robinson organized Beulah Baptist Church, the first African American church founded in Alexandria after Union occupation. The congregation constructed its brick sanctuary here on the edge of the African American neighborhood known as The Bottoms. The school then moved to this site, and education remained central to Beulah's mission.
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References/Bibliographic Citation: “Beulah Baptist Church,” Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. “Beulah Baptist Church Celebrates its 110th Anniversary, 1863-1973” “How the Civil War Paved the Way for Beulah Baptist Church,” 14 Nov. 2013 (information provided by Office of Historic Alexandria) NRHP Nomination Special Report of the Commissioner of Education on the Condition and Improvement of Public Schools in the District of Columbia (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1871). |