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Christine Gaugler can be found under a canopy of trees raking leaves and cleaning headstones at the St. Paul’s Cemetery, an African American cemetery that predates the Civil War that is on South Main ...
As Genessa Patterson read names of black soldiers buried inside Locust Hill African American Cemetery, members of her JROTC ...
A Chester County man is asking for help with the maintenance of a historic African American cemetery located near downtown ...
Dorothy Watson said she’s finding it too difficult to visit, or even find, her loved ones at the Mary E. Smith Cemetery in Elsmere.
The lives of African American veterans of the Civil War will gain recognition with a special memorial service Locust Hill ...
The completion of the project comes during the St. Louis-based Greenwood Cemetery's 150th anniversary.
Over 200 African Americans have been laid to rest in Taylor-Swinson Historic Memorial Cemetery without a tombstone or marker.
The remains, used in the 19th century as part of now discredited racial science, are being laid to rest on Saturday in a ...
Months after celebrating the restoration of the Oak Tree Union Colored Cemetery of Taylorville, the city of Groveland honored veterans buried there during what was likely the first Memorial Day ...
GROVELAND, Fla. — Last year the state of Florida created the "Abandoned African American Cemeteries" Task Force. It came after the city of Clearwater built over a forgotten African American ...
A memorial wall was installed today at a historic black cemetery in Greene County. The private family cemetery is on Taylor Swinson Cemetery, off Griffin Road.T ...