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  "path": "/2026/05/18/at-marylands-newest-state-park-a-story-of-black-resilience/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T00:59:07.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "Environment",
    "Gov & Politics",
    "Afro Charities",
    "Angela Crenshaw",
    "Baltimore Afro-American",
    "Enoch George Howard",
    "Freedman's Park",
    "Great Maryland Outdoors Act",
    "Josh Kurtz",
    "Maryland state parks",
    "Patuxent River State Park",
    "William H. Murphy Sr."
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  "textContent": "Maryland's newest state park, the 1,042-acre Freedman’s State Park near Gaithersburg, honors the legacy of the Howard family, who owned the land after emancipation from slavery, and became major contributors to Black communities in Maryland.",
  "title": "At Maryland’s newest state park, a story of Black resilience"
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