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Maxine L. Bryant: In search of Savannah's sacred Black burial grounds
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDocuments suggest that a parcel owned by Savannah Country Day School could be a historic Black...
New monument installed to honor long-forgotten Oconto individuals. A dedication is set for Memorial...
Green Bay Press-Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHundreds of long-forgotten individuals buried in an Oconto cemetery will be remembered in a special...
How one city is honoring its dead and recommitting to cemetery upkeep
Courier Post via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCAMDEN — In 2018, a grieving mother reached out to the Courier-Post, anguished at the condition of...
Central Coast soldier’s remains return home for burial — 70 years after death in Korean War
San Luis Obispo Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSeven decades after his death, the remains of a Korean War soldier have returned to Lompoc for...
City of Beaufort to remove four trees to protect other trees in Evergreen Cemetery
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTo protect live oaks, the City of Beaufort will ironically remove four trees from the Evergreen...
Fort Lauderdale is maxing out on cemetery space. Could closed Broward schools be the fix?
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFort Lauderdale is running out of cemetery space. One potential solution? Turning shuttered Broward...
Sexton’s house at Manitowoc cemetery dates to 1878. Here’s its history and who has lived in it over...
Herald Times Reporter via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEver wonder about the two-story brick building at the main entrance to Evergreen Cemetery on the...
Manitowoc Civil War gravestone restoration to be completed on Veterans Day, and more news in weekly...
Herald Times Reporter via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMANITOWOC - The mission to restore all Civil War gravestones in Section E2 of Evergreen Cemetery in...
Historic Camden cemeteries get a cleanup, but work remains
Courier Post via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCAMDEN — A small army descended on Evergreen and New Camden cemeteries in Camden on Wednesday, armed with shovels, rakes, paper bags, gloves and determination. Dolly Marshall was one of them ...
Historical marker honors African American cemetery in Lexington
WFXR Roanoke via Yahoo News· 2 months agoLEXINGTON, Va. (WFXR) — The intersection of Washington and Lewis Street once stood as the original...