This African American Burial Site In New York Is A Historical Wonder In A Shopping Center's Parking Lot
By Lisa Sammons|Published December 31, 2021
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In a place as old as New York, there are many historical sites. Many are in areas you’d expect: our oldest cities, our historic districts, and so on. One historic cemetery that’s in an unexpected spot in New York is the Mount Moor African American Cemetery. This cemetery has been around for over a century and is the final resting place for many war heroes. What’s most notable about Mount Moor, however, is the fact that it’s right in the middle of a shopping mall parking lot.
There’s something so tragic about the existence of a historic cemetery filled with war veterans haphazardly located in a shopping mall parking lot. Sadly, segregated cemeteries were the norm in America until the mid-1950s, even for war veterans.
Did you know about this historic cemetery in New York located in a parking lot?
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