Miami Cemetery History

On September 2nd I took a trip to the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory in Atlanta. The museum included many art exhibits from ancient cultures around the world. Including pieces from South America, Greece, and Egypt with larger exhibits as well as African and Asian cultures with smaller exhibits.

For my project, I researched the Abner Pollard Mausoleum. I live one street away from the cemetery and had never known that it was a grave. I have been able to increase my knowledge on hima along with the culture of the late 1800s in Leominster as well as in the world.

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On the other hand, The City of Miami Historic Preservation Office provides services to maintain and preserve these historic properties.

The African Burial Ground National Monument in New York recognizes the free and enslaved Africans buried in a 6.6-acre burial ground from the 1690s to 1794 (NPS, 2015). Over time, as the population and modern development proceeded, the cemetery became forgotten. A landfill created over the top of the site, sealed it off from the public’s knowledge. In 1991, contractors were prepping the land for a 34-story, 276-million dollar federal office building (GSA, n.d.). To go forth with construction, contractors worked in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (GSA, n.d.). Together, these acts require publicly funded projects to be surveyed by archaeological field-testing methods,

The graves of many famous people are at Arlington Nationel Cemetary. It did not start out that way. In 1861, a Confederate General and his wife owned the house and the land. That General was Robert E. Lee. His house was across the river from Washington, D.C. The Union Army took over the land at the start of the Civil War. Union soldiers that were killed in the war was buried near the house. These soldiers were poor. Their families could not pay for them to be buried. Arlington was called a "potter's field." A potters field is a place where poor or unknown people are buried. After the war, something odd started to happen. Union officers asked to be buried at Arlington. They wanted to be near those men who had been in the war with them. Americans

Due to the weather conditions in the city of El Paso, many of the tombs under the big old tree seem to have no names; they have wiped away any type of recognition of this person that is hidden underneath the ground. They have taken their dignity and identity, burying it under the ground with no other source of voice. From gunslingers, thieves, cowboys and farm folk along with children and famous stars, Concordia has been a place of resting souls that have long been forgotten or have had important history invested into the

For both members of the Native American and African American communities the disturbance of the remains of those believed to be their ancestors might represent not only a spiritual upset but also a further example of racial and cultural discrimination (Sayer, 2010: 71). In addition, failure to properly connect with the two communities led to members of both communities voicing their feelings of discontent over issues of civil rights and discrimination. Thus, as a result of the failure to communicate and reach a common ground in both cases led to the many costly and lengthy legal battles. In both scenarios, the human remains that were uncovered became a political symbol that was used by both parties. Once this happens, there issue of how to

Cemeteries can be a vital source to anything that has happened in the past. All cemeteries carry information that can answer a lot of questions. Many cemeteries possess information that can be utilized as a helpful tool. Additionally, Texas has over 1,600 cemeteries that have a Texas Historic Cemetery Status. Out of each 254 counties in Texas, at least one cemetery has been designated as an HTC. In Texas, there are numerous of cemeteries that can be accessible. However, there are some that can not be accessible anymore but they are still counted for. It was stated that it was estimated that there are roughly 50,000 cemeteries in Texas. Those cemeteries, are cemeteries that are currently range from single, isolated and often unmarked graves

Miami Dade College, as many other educational institutions in the country, has an international presence. More than 1,000 out of its 170,000 students represent different countries and speak 41 different languages. Among the different international affiliations, Miami Dade is a member of the Community College Initiative Program, which provides citizens from other countries the opportunity to study at a college in the United States. The program helps students develop their leadership and professional skills, and proficiency in English.

Historical maps indicated that in the 18th-century, there was a “Negroes Burial Ground” (Figure 1) in what was to be the future home of a 34-story office building located at Broadway, Duane, Elk and Reade streets in New York City (Figure 2) (Roche and Blakey, 1997, p.84). When the archaeological investigation team came to the site in 1991, they unearthed (what was later renamed in 1993), the African Burial Ground of the 17th and18th-century (Roche and Blakey, 1997, p. 84). Archaeologists uncovered more than 419 reported African burials in the 6.6-acre burial ground, this initial discovery created a transformation of how New York history is perceived and how black New Yorkers connect to their heritage in New York (Rothstein, 2010). The excavation

Arlington National Cemetery was created on June 15,1864 and is in Arlington,Virginia. It is a land, people use to bury the honorable soldiers with respect, honor and, dignity. Also in the Arlington National Cemetery is the Civil War Unknown Monument America honors all the soldiers who risked their lives and had fought in the Bull Run during the American Civil War.

Arlington Cemetery as a whole is a very hard thing to put into words. The view of seeing hundreds of thousands of white headstones is incredible but also depressing. Million of people visit the cemetery every year to see just how many people actually died serving their country. The changing of the guard is an amazing site due to the absolute perfection that the guards are expected to do and do. The whole cemetery is an honorable place to be buried and an honorable place to visit.

On a solemn note, Fairview Cemetery in Bastrop is honored with a Texas Historical Marker. It is perhaps the final resting place of different ethnic groups, famous early pioneers of Texas and ordinary men and women who went about their daily lives, all of whom contributed to the dream that is Texas and helped make it the great state it is today. One area within Fairview is particularly touching because it is dedicated to the War Babies who are watched over by a large angel statue . During World War II more than 300,000 soldiers trained at Camp Swift near Bastrop, many of whom were joined by their wives during their training. Sadly, some of these families suffered children who died while their parents were at Camp Swift. Some of these families

The cemetery I chose to visit and explore was the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. On the way to the cemetery I couldn’t help but feel anxious. When I began to drive past the cemetery to its entrance, all I could see were miles and miles of headstones. It was eerie to say the least. As a kid, whenever my family would drive by a cemetery, my siblings and I would hold our breath until we passed so as to not breathe in the wandering, lost souls. Actually going into a cemetery to look around seemed counterintuitive, I wasn’t sure if I would be able to hold my breath for that long. It didn’t help that right when I entered those black gates that separated the living from the dead, clouds of smoke and ash permeated the air around me due to bodies being cremated on site.