This brick found by Ginny Norfleet in her yard turned out to be the cornerstone of what was the first African church in the county

This brick found by Ginny Norfleet in her yard turned out to be the cornerstone of what used to be the African Methodist Episcopal Bethel church, founded by enslaved people and free Blacks in 1846. The church was Rockland County‘s first African-American church. #shantyboat #brickyards #haverstraw #hudsonriver