Pensacola finds 45 unmarked graves in Miraflores Park
Pensacola conducted a survey of the park in November with ground penetrating radar.
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Pensacola conducted a survey of the park in November with ground penetrating radar.
A full report won't be available for another month, but the initial radar scans indicate an unmarked African-American cemetery may exist in the park.
The National Park Service will fund a ground-penetrating radar survey of Miraflores Park to find the site of an unmarked African American cemetery.
The Community Advisory Group overseeing the Miraflores Burial Ground Study is considering what's next in the hunt for more historical records and scientific proof of burials at the site.
Miraflores Park where researchers believe an African American and Creole cemetery existed in the 1880s was a quarantine zone during yellow fever