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For Kristi Orcutt, owner of RVA Goats and Honey, the primary focus is on historic Black cemeteries that have often been forgotten, left behind as a result of the forced migration of communities. More often than not, Orcutt arrives at the gravesite only to see it swallowed up by kudzu and other vegetation.
The Sons and Daughters of Ham Cemetery in the Near West End. (Bill Pike for the Henrico Citizen) I never thought that a photograph in the Henrico Citizen would result in a reader reaching out to me. But, after the Citizen ran a photo of the Ivy Whackers clearing ivy from tree trunks at Trinity
Volunteers work to clean up Richmond cemetery where enslaved are buried The Sons and Daughters of Ham Cemetery is located between Bandy Field Nature Park and the University of Richmond. By: WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff Posted at 9:37 PM, Apr 18, 2021 and last updated 2021-04-18 22:08:24-04 RICHMOND, Va. -- Volunteers came together to clean up a historic cemetery on the Richmond-Henrico line Saturday. The Sons and Daughters of Ham Cemetery is located between Bandy Field Nature Park and the University of Richmond. The cemetery, which was established in 1873 by emancipated slaves after...