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Upon a Knoll

There's a Celtic saying: “Heaven and earth are only three feet apart, but in thin places that distance is even shorter.” When we come across such a “thin place,” we know that deep, raw living has made the cloth that separates heaven and earth threadbare. It's often a place where heart-wrenching life experiences have occurred, and even brutal injustices. A thin place is a sacred place. On a knoll in Virginia's Shenandoah County, which was established as Dunmore in 1772, there is an historical cemetery—the final resting place for African Americans enslaved on a plantation house 6-tenths of a mile away. This is Corhaven Graveyard, a sacred place with approximately 2 dozen graves immersed in pale violets, most likely planted by those mourning their loss. The Laake Atlas places the graveyard along a 1750-Fairfax grant boundary-line on a 420 acre tract of land owned by Daniel Holeman, an English settler in The Forest area as early as 1736. Rediscovered by Bill & Tara Haley when they purchased the property in 2009, the site was reclaimed from overgrowth by volunteers led by Sarah Kohrs, publicly dedicated in 2016, and now honors people whose human dignity was not recognized during their lifetimes. Thirty minutes north of Harrisonburg, Corhaven Graveyard is located on the retreat home, Corhaven, which means “harbor for the heart.” You're invited to visit and to experience a tangible part of racial reconciliation through Corhaven Graveyard.