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Woodlawn Cemetery could help solve mystery of Tampa’s erased Black cemeteries
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTAMPA — In 1900, the Tampa City Council agreed to stake off Woodlawn Cemetery’s “colored section.”...
A look at Woodlawn cemetery created by Henry Flagler in 1904 on 17 acres of a pineapple growing...
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFive important things to know about Woodlawn cemetery in West Palm Beach Woodlawn cemetery was...
As threats to Black cemeteries persist, a movement to preserve their sacred heritage gains strength
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNeglect, abandonment and destruction have been the fate of thousands of segregated cemeteries across...
Woodlawn Cemetery chapel is symbol of Elmira's historical architecture duo
The Star Gazette via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIn December of 1907, after over a year’s construction and at a cost of $17,000, a new mortuary...
What tales do the dead speak of in Sioux Falls?
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCemeteries tend to be a place of quiet reflection. Stone benches sometimes double as headstones and meandering paths let families walk among the ones who...
Woodlawn Cemetery asks visitors to prepare for spring clean-up
WETM Elmira via Yahoo News· 2 months agoELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) — Woodlawn Cemetery is asking people who maintain loved ones’ graves to remove...
Rewards offered for information leading to arrest of L.A. area cemetery vandals
KTLA articles via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTwo cemeteries in the greater Los Angeles area were targeted earlier this year by thieves who stole...
Fort Lauderdale is maxing out on cemetery space. Could closed Broward schools be the fix?
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoFort Lauderdale is running out of cemetery space. One potential solution? Turning shuttered Broward...
Woodlawn Cemetery Davis St. gates damaged in car crash; main gates replaced
WETM Elmira via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) — If you’ve gone past Woodlawn Cemetery on Davis Street recently you might’ve...
Sanford officials to unveil latest in mystery of skeletal remains found in 2017
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSANFORD, Maine — The investigation into the true identity of the Woodlawn Cemetery Jane Doe is...