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Fascinating article about rescue of over 800 sunken gravestones in a cemetery
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Please see:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/06/us/lebanon-cemetery-black-history-cec/index.html
The cemetery, in York, Pennsylvania, United States was the only one there in which African Americans were permitted to be buried before the 1960's. Several of them are notable.
I don't know if there are profiles here for the ones that were specifically named in the article ... but there certainly should be.
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Anna is now present, as is the cemetery! [[Johnson-128866|Anna Johnson (1886-1969)]]
With thousands of "residents" to categorize, I'd say this one should keep us busy for awhile...
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Thanks for posting the article, Gaile! I recognize a few of those names, so I know we have some of the profiles already. Now that they've found the headstones, it will be even easier to connect people to the cemetery.
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Wow, what a fantastic article! Great find, Gaile, and thank you for sharing!
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