The historic Ellsworth Cemetery in Westminster is now part of the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area, recognizing the cemetery’s December 1876 founding by six Black Civil War veterans. On Jan. 11, ...
LIMA — The Allen County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society will host its annual cemetery walk at the Shawnee Cemetery, 2690 Shawnee Road, beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 18. The walk ...
Longtime Camden resident, Floyd White has been working to ensure that Black veterans from his community are properly honored and remembered, even after they’re gone. Dempsey Butler Cemetery, a small, ...
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A long-time cemetery in Gettysburg announced it will be launching a capital campaign to support a historic preservation project. The Board of Trustees of Gettysburg’s ...
Mercer County will host a program to mark the 160th anniversary of key Civil War ending events on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Mercer Cemetery in Trenton. The ceremony will ...
MONROE — More than 150 years later, Private Aaron Bromley will get his recognition. Bromley, who had lived in Monroe County, was a Black soldier during the Civil War. He served with Company C of the ...
Lebanon Cemetery, in North York, became the first Civil War Trails site in York, according to a news release provided by Melissa Beaverson of Explore York. The multi-state Civil War Trails program ...
TROUP COUNTY, Ga. — Restoration is underway at the Mulberry Street Cemetery in LaGrange. Many former slaves are buried there. Preservationists are hoping the public can help them find the names of ...
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A union soldier was killed then buried in a slave cemetery
At what is now Saint John CME Cemetery in Waverly Hall, Georgia, we explore a burial ground that began as a plantation slave cemetery for the enslaved members of the Boddie family estate. According to ...
Harrison resident Eric Schmitt was well aware of his family’s unique lineage growing up. The 55-year-old is a descendent of two Civil War soldiers: one who fought for the Union and its desire to ...
ALLEGAN, Mich. — Six local soldiers of the Civil War were honored with gravestones in Allegan on Saturday. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Friends of Allegan’s Oakwood Cemetery ...
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