City unveils historic marker at Zion Cemetery

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52% : An investigation at the time incorrectly determined they had been part of a cemetery that had otherwise been removed. Ground-penetrating radar and archeological research in recent years confirmed that more than 400 burials still remained in the cemetery.
51% : This historical marker serves as a lasting reminder that history cannot and should not be buried, that every person matters, and that remembrance is a form of justice." Jeraldine Williams, a board member of the Zion Cemetery Preservation and Maintenance Society, learned when she began doing genealogy research that one of her relatives, Anna Rebecca Wyche, was buried at Zion.

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