Lexington church will celebrate lives of slaves buried in mass grave in city cemetery
The Dispatch Their names are not known. Their birth dates, nor date of death are known. In fact, no one really knows how many bodies are buried in a mass grave site for slaves in the Lexington City Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Arnetta Beverly does know this, however — the men and women buried near the single rock and slab marker deserve remembering. "We are the descendants of those slaves," she said. "I think they need to be recognized because we really are standing on their shoulders." Beverly's congregation at St. Stephen United Methodist Church will hold the second annual Service of Commemo...
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