Milton (Northumberland Co), PA - The African American Cemetery Memorial Committee is seeking $5,000 to memorialize the unmarked grave sites of 18 African American Milton residents. "Research by Catherine Hastings, an associate professor of communications at Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, identified a number of African-American residents of Milton whose graves were unmarked...Further research brought to light the fact that a plot was purchased during the Civil War-era in the borough-owned Milton Cemetery, on Golf Course Road, to allow African-American residents of the community to bury their dead, said Milton Mayor Ed Nelson, who also is a member of the memorial committee." (Photo: Kevin Mertz/Standard Journal) dailyitem/0100_news/x1538951239/-5-000-needed-for-monument-to-mark-African-American-graves
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 03:08:44 +0000
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