Historic marker unveiled at the Edward U. Taylor School

by Joann Moore

Taylor Elementary was built as a segregated school in 1952. On Monday, May 11 at 9:30 a.m. a new marker was unveiled to celebrate this historic school.

Descendants & former students of the Edward U. Taylor School, Boyds, MD

Descendants, members of the community, and elected officials gathered to reflect on and celebrate why the placement of the Edward U. Taylor School historic marker matters.

The speakers reminded us of the community's long fight for educational equality and the role Edward Ulysses Taylor, who served as the county's "Supervisor of Colored Schools", played in ensuring schools built for African Americans met modern school standards. It became the last public elementary school in the county to desegregate in 1961.

New historic marker at the Edward U. Taylor School, Boyds, MD

The school, Taylor Science Center, still serves the county as the science kit storage and processing site.

The ceremony was part of the Remarkable Montgomery: Untold Stories program committed to acknowledging and memorializing the county's history.

Photos by Joann Moore.