“The Friends of Oberlin Cemetery Need Your Help” from http://goodnightraleigh.com/2014/03/the-friends-of-oberlin-cemetery-need-your-help/
The Friends are sponsoring an Oberlin Cemetery Community Clean
Up this Saturday, March 29, from 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon at the site,
which is located at 1014 Oberlin Road. Volunteers are asked to come dressed for
yard work and debris removal.
Oberlin Cemetery was designated a Raleigh
Historic Landmark in
2013. Located in the heart of modern day Cameron Village, it is the burial
place of many of Raleigh’s most prominent African American citizens. More
than 600 graves are believed to be located there, many of which are still
marked by gravestones and ornate markers.
Established in 1873, Oberlin Cemetery served as the final
resting place for doctors, lawyers, artisans, teachers, and ministers, as well
as everyday folk. Walking through the grounds is like turning the pages of
Raleigh’s history.
The Friends of
Oberlin Cemetery, a nonprofit community organization, is committed to
preserving the cemetery grounds. Twice a year the group sponsors a
volunteer-based clean up in order to keep the grounds from being overgrown
with brush and cluttered with debris.
The Friends of Oberlin recognize that if this cemetery is not
preserved, a significant segment of Raleigh’s African American history will be
lost forever. This is the goal that motivates their continued effort to
protect these grounds. The Friends also plan on sponsoring thermal scanning to
identify and quantify each grave on the site.
Muscle power, as well as monetary donations, are gratefully
accepted to assist in this important preservation effort.
For more information on the Oberlin Cemetery Community Clean Up
and Friends of Oberlin Cemetery, please contact Sabrina Goode at 336.416.1895 or
via e-mail at sabrinabgoode@gmail.com.
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