Nov. 2—I've visited many cemeteries since I moved to Mercer County years ago, but I know there must be many more I know nothing about. Big cemeteries near cities like Bluefield and Princeton are easy ...
According to one expert, many cemeteries have been displaced or erased by urban development, especially cemeteries where Black people were buried. The burial grounds of enslaved people have become ...
While exploring a long-lost cemetery from the 1700s and 1800s, we made a chilling discovery—an open grave deep enough to raise real concern. We immediately contacted police to ensure it wasn’t the ...
For the past year, writer and researcher Tom Klopfer has spent his free time among the well known and the long forgotten of area graveyards. Having visited 40 cemeteries, Klopfer put together about ...
Gone but not Forgotten” showcases a decade of one woman’s work of locating and protecting endangered Black cemeteries. Debbie Martin, also known as “the Cemetery Lady” has documented the names and ...
Thomas Balch Library researcher Mary Fishback loves cemeteries, even in the snow, and excitedly pointed out the laurel carved on one headstone and a weeping willow on another at the Old Stone Church ...
SNOW HILL — This Memorial Day weekend will mark the first time that some people who come to Taylor-Swinson Cemetery to pay their respects will be able to see their ancestors’ names set in stone. A ...
GARY -- When the first settlers arrived in the Tolleston area of Gary they created a small cemetery for their loved ones' graves. Over the years, those who cared for the cemetery at 20th and Grant ...
SNOW HILL — This Memorial Day weekend will mark the first time that some people who come to Taylor-Swinson Cemetery to pay their respects will be able to see their ancestors’ names set in stone. A ...
COMMACK, Long Island (PIX11) — It’s been called the Forgotten Cemetery, a tiny 19th-century graveyard located in a Long Island Home Depot parking lot. After years of neglect at the burial ground, ...