SCOTLAND, Maryland — The Scotland AME Zion Church sits along a busy stretch of Seven Locks Road in Potomac, Maryland. It was built by hand and opened in 1924 by African American congregants. It’s the ...

POTOMAC, Md. (7News) — Scotland, Maryland is celebrating its rich heritage with the second annual Scotland Juneteenth Heritage Festival, from June 15 to 19. Scotland, Maryland was founded back in 1880 ...

SCOTLAND, Md. — For a century now, Scotland AME Zion has been the church on the side of the road with a rich, but little-known history. On July 7, 2019, a catastrophic flood threatened to knock this ...

POTOMAC, Md. (7News) — Hand built by church members from 1915 to 1924, Scotland A.M.E. Zion Church along Seven Locks Road in the Scotland community of Potomac, Maryland was the center of life for ...

Scotland, a small yet significant historic Black community in Potomac, Md., is poised to make an impact in Montgomery County, Md., and the DMV area with a Juneteenth celebration, which organizers ...

Bette Thompson, an activist who helped transform the historically black Montgomery County enclave of Scotland, Md., from squalor and near-condemnation into a comfortable community for low- and ...