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==Further reading== |
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* {{cite web |title=Evergreen Cemetery |url=https://chpn.net/2007/03/02/evergreen-cemetery/ |website=Church Hill People's News |location=Richmond, VA (East End) |date=March 2, 2007}} |
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* {{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Will |title=Neglected cemetery being reclaimed |url=http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/EVER08_20091107-221407/304384/ |access-date=25 February 2021 |work=Richmond Times-Dispach |date=November 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20091111101336/http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/EVER08_20091107-221407/304384/ |archive-date=October 6, 2013}} |
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* {{cite web |last1=Hipolit |first1=Melissa |title=Historic Richmond cemetery where Maggie Walker is buried in disrepair |url=https://www.wtvr.com/2016/05/23/historic-richmond-cemetery-where-maggie-walker-is-buried-in-disrepair/ |website=WTVR 6News |publisher=Scripps Local Media |location=Richmond, VA |date=May 24, 2016}} |
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* {{cite web |last1=Moreno |first1=Sabrina |title=Group unveils $19 million plan to restore Evergreen Cemetery |url=https://richmond.com/news/local/group-unveils-19-million-plan-to-restore-evergreen-cemetery/article_c5ec3183-ec3b-53fe-908a-9b3f70ee887d.html |website=Richmond Times-Dispatch |date=February 29, 2020}} |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110817222828/http://historiccemeteries.net/Evergreen.aspx Evergreen Cemetery on Historic Cemeteries ] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110817222828/http://historiccemeteries.net/Evergreen.aspx Evergreen Cemetery on Historic Cemeteries ] |
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* [http://wtvr.com/2016/05/23/historic-richmond-cemetery-where-maggie-walker-is-buried-in-disrepair/] Historic Richmond cemetery where Maggie Walker is buried in disrepair |
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POSTED 10:09 PM, MAY 23, 2016 |
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* [http://chpn.net/news/tag/evergreen-cemetery/ Evergreen-related posts on Church Hill People's News] |
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* [http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/columnists_news/article/cemetery_for_richmonds_prominent_blacks_suffers/181728/ Cemetery for Richmond’s prominent blacks suffers]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (Richmond Times-Dispatch Mar.2, 2007) |
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* [http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/columnists_news/article/MIKE01_20090731-215009/283399/ Williams: Let’s right sad state of cemeteries]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (Richmond Times-Dispatch Aug.1, 2009) |
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* [https://archive.is/20091111101336/http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/EVER08_20091107-221407/304384/ Neglected cemetery being reclaimed] (Richmond Times-Dispatch Nov.8, 2009) |
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[[Category:Cemeteries in Richmond, Virginia]] |
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[[Category:African-American cemeteries]] |
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[[Category:African-American history in Richmond, Virginia]] |
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Revision as of 20:53, 25 February 2021
Evergreen Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery in the East End of Richmond, Virginia, dating from 1891.
The most recent burial in the historic section of the cemetery dates from the 1980s. Much of the privately owned cemetery is completely overgrown with kudzu or is returning to forest. The original organization responsible for the cemetery, the Evergreen Cemetery Association, made no allowances for perpetual care in its charter. In 1970, the association sold its more than 5,000 plots to Metropolitan Memorial Services, which soon went bankrupt. A group of black funeral-home directors later bought the site at auction.
Notable burials
- Rev. John Andrew Bowler (1862–1935), educator[1]
- John Mitchell, Jr. (1863–1929), civil rights pioneer[2]
- Maggie L. Walker (1867–1834), businesswoman[3]
References
Further reading
- "Evergreen Cemetery". Church Hill People's News. Richmond, VA (East End). March 2, 2007.
- Jones, Will (November 9, 2009). "Neglected cemetery being reclaimed". Richmond Times-Dispach. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- Hipolit, Melissa (May 24, 2016). "Historic Richmond cemetery where Maggie Walker is buried in disrepair". WTVR 6News. Richmond, VA: Scripps Local Media.
- Moreno, Sabrina (February 29, 2020). "Group unveils $19 million plan to restore Evergreen Cemetery". Richmond Times-Dispatch.