To get back to my original post, does anyone here have background concerning Evergreen cemetery, East End Cemetery, or even Metropolitan Memorial Cemetery (known between 1970-1973)? 

  

It seems that many churches had been contacted in the past with no replies or interest in efforts to clean the cemetery up.  Even if the church’s founders, pastors, and congregation are buried there.  What is there no interest by these African-American churches where there seems to be elaborate sendoffs but when it comes to maintaining or preserving black heritage, they go silent?  What is happening here? 

  

Apparently at one time 4,000 family members were contacted by mail as well with less that 10% responding and even less support. 

  

The African-American community raised a big fuss over a parking lot sitting over a slave cemetery they can’t even 100% verify yet here is a 70-acre cemetery with over 5,000 people buried there which can be seen and has been let go the past 70+ years but no one wants to take responsibility for their family members or their memories, not even the church? 

  

Eric 

  

  

  


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