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Effort underway to restore two Black cemeteries Organizations are working to assess and rehabilitate headstones and monuments at Black cemeteries in and around Richmond. By: Tyler Layne and last updated 2021-02-08 18:51:31-05 RICHMOND, Va. -- This Black History Month, two groups of volunteers are working to restore two cemeteries that serve as a resting place for people who faced segregation and racial violence. The Enrichmond Foundation is partnering with Howard Wellman Conservation to create a preservation plan for the historic Evergreen and East End cemeteries in Richmond a...

BRUNSWICK, Md. — It’s not the first place one would expect to see a cemetery, located in a mostly residential neighborhood next to Smoketown Brewing Station. But it’s been there for hundreds of years. Old Berlin Cemetery is the resting place of Civil War soldiers, railroad and C&O Canal workers and Brunswick townspeople. The half-acre plot is the earliest known cemetery in Brunswick, with burials taking place since at least 1799 and spanning to 1948. Most burials happened between 1870 and 1920. Over the years, the cemetery fell into disrepair, but it’s looking better recen...