Volunteers needed to restore damaged gravesites at historic Black cemetery
Volunteers needed to restore damaged gravesites at historic Black cemetery By Mike Schell and Jared Goffinet | December 18, 2020 at 4:30 PM EST - Updated December 21 at 2:36 PM
ELSMERE, Ky. (FOX19) - The steps to restore vandalized gravestones at a historic Black cemetery will soon be underway.
Around 30 gravestones were toppled or spray-painted with anti-government and anti-religious symbols at the Mary E. Smith Memorial Cemetery in December, according to Elsmere police.
Chris Brown, who runs a Tri-State non-profit, walked the graveyard Friday with a local contractor. Brown says she got a call from the president of the Northern Kentucky NAACP to ask if she could help.