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Restoration of Slave Cemetery Now in Progress
A newspaper clipping updating the status of the cemetery restoration project and future plans for the project at the time. The article details the inspection of a local tree surgeon about the removal of certain trees.
Old Slave Cemetery To Be Dedicated This Sunday
A newsclipping detailing the restoration of the "Old Slave Cemetery," as well as details about the rededication ceremony.
Landscaped Slave Cemetery Is Rededicated By Scouts
A newspaper article about the dedication for the cleaned up African American Baptist Church Cemetery. The ceremony included the installation of a plaque declaring it the "Old Slave Cemetery," although that is not what it is known as today.
Fire Reserves Begin Cemetery Restoration
A newsclipping about a group of Civil Defense Fire Reserves posing in front of their truck at the site of their clearing operations at the "Old Slave Cemetery."
Burial Ground Being Cleared Scouts to Clean Up Old Cemetery
A newspaper clipping about the planned restoration of the African American Baptist Church Cemetery by the local Boy Scout troop.
Announcement of preparation for restoration of slave cemetery authored by Raymond Guellich February 11 1964
Two documents about the planning of the cemetery restoration project, including the clearing trees and trash by the local Boy Scout troop in preparation for the borough's Tercentenary.