Re: [INPCRP-L] PHILADELPHIA, PA: "Keeping black cemeteries from fading away is a lonely fight"
by Clarence A. (Art) Dillman
Lois
I know that there is a very old black cemetery that is quite large in
Harrison Co near Corydon. My friend Bernard Beauchemin told me that he had
recently visite dthe area and that it was in very sad shape. I can not
remember the name of the cemetery or if it has been listed in our Hall of
Shame. Let me know if it has not and I will try to get details for you so
that it can be listed.
Art
>From: "Lois Mauk" <LawOfficeInformationSystem(a)worldnet.att.net>
>Reply-To: "Lois Mauk" <LawOfficeInformationSystem(a)worldnet.att.net>
>To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com
>Subject: [INPCRP-L] PHILADELPHIA, PA: "Keeping black cemeteries from fading
>away is a lonely fight"
>Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 20:08:42 -0400
>
>The following story should be "required reading" for those of us concerned
>about protecting and preserving our vanishing cemeteries. The plight of
>these
>black cemeteries in Philadelphia is not unique to any race and there are
>within this story very interesting tidbits of general interest to this
>e-mail group.
>
>Lois
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>"Keeping black cemeteries from fading away is a lonely fight"
>
>Philadelphia Inquirer
>08/10/1999
>
>"In Chester County alone, at least six are in serious disrepair.
>Regulations are sparse and records mostly nonexistent. . . . African
>American cemeteries are vanishing across Chester County, despite efforts of
>a small cadre determined to save them."
>
>The Inquirer story goes on to mention that the National Park Foundation in
>Washington
><http://www.nationalparks.org> will host a national conference in New
>Orleans to "raise awareness about preserving pieces of disappearing black
>culture such as burial grounds", according to Falona Heidelberg, who is
>organizing the conference.
>
> "A movement is beginning on the national level to preserve
> and protect these sites," said Heidelberg.
>
>Full story at:
>http://www.phillynews.com/inquirer/99/Aug/10/city/CGRAV10.htm
>[Again, if the URL splits onto 2 lines on your mail browser, you'll have to
>copy and paste ALL of it into your Internet browser location box to pull up
>the story.]
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