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Nov 3, 2022 · Crews are seen Wednesday helping excavate unmarked graves in Tulsa's historic Oaklawn Cemetery in pursuit of finding and identifying victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
- Nina Golgowski
Greenwood Cemetery, located in downtown Jackson, was established by a federal land grant on November 21, 1821. It is the final resting place of Confederate generals, former governors of Mississippi, mayors of Jackson, as well as other notable figures, including the acclaimed Mississippi author Eudora Welty.
May 26, 2021 · Robert Turner prays near the site of a newly discovered mass grave in Tulsa’s Oaklawn Cemetery, the first found from the 1921 attack by white rioters on Greenwood, a Black neighborhood.
West Street at Lamar Street. Jackson, Mississippi 39201. Phone: (601) 960-1891. Website. Jackson's original, historic burial grounds, the burial site of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eudora Welty, six Confederate brigadier generals, over 100 soldiers and past governors of Mississippi.
Nov 13, 2011 · Greenwood Cemetery is the oldest landmark in Jackson. Authorized by the Mississippi Legislature on January 1, 1823, it was later expanded from six to twenty-two acres and given its present name. (A historical marker located in Jackson in Hinds County, Mississippi.)
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The Greenwood Cemetery, that neglected spot at the intersection on Mary Street and Strong Avenue, presents a melancholy scene to the person who cherishes the traditions of the past, and the memory of the men and women who molded the character of this community at its beginning.
