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29 Forgotten Graves Unearthed at a Black Cemetery Near Tampa Bay


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Last year, ground-penetrating radar revealed that a purportedly empty cemetery in Clearwater, Florida, might not actually be empty. To longtime residents of the area, it wasn’t exactly news.
As
Smithsonianreports, the North Greenwood Cemetery opened in 1940 and provided burial plots for members of Clearwater’s Black community until 1954, when the city decided to build a high school and a pool on the land instead. Officials relocated 350 graves several miles north, to Parklawn Memorial Cemetery, but some locals maintained that unmarked graves were never exhumed. Now, researchers from the Florida Public Archaeology Network have teamed up with development company Cardno to excavate any remains that may have been neglected. So far, they’ve unearthed evidence of 29 graves. ....

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Archeologists Find 29 Grave Shafts in North Greenwood Cemetery


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   During excavation of the former North Greenwood cemetery site in Clearwater, archaeologists discovered 29 grave shafts, as well as artifacts like this grave marker.
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   North Greenwood Cemetery grave marker
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   1942 dime found during excavation
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   Intact grave marker
Archeologists looking at a former Clearwater cemetery said that they have found a total of 29 grave shafts during the excavation process.
Archeologists looking at a “forgotten” Clearwater cemetery say that they have found almost 30 grave shafts.
Archaeologists from the Florida Public Archaeology Network, based out of the University of South Florida, and Tampa engineering firm, Cardno Inc., provided a final update on the North Greenwood Cemetery excavation Friday. ....

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