Submitted by IamSauerKraut t3_zh959v in Pennsylvania
Not known when these 36 will join the nearly 2000 blue & gold markers already adorning PA roadsides.
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IamSauerKraut OP t1_izlkmut wrote
That is what that sign says. Hard to believe.
Wonderful-Comment314 t1_izm7s93 wrote
Could be referring to the time period between 1900-1910
CommodityBuyer t1_izn6kbc wrote
It says this was a cemetery only for blacks from early 19th century (that is the 1800’s) until late 20th century (the 1900’s) which is when the civil rights movement happened. Then blacks could be buried in any cemetery, not just this one.
shanafme t1_izni9nd wrote
The Civil Rights Movement happened in the 1950s and 60s. I wouldn’t consider that “late 20th century”. Regardless, it would still be odd that a northern community would be legally segregating public cemeteries even up to that point.
Lyad t1_izod36f wrote
There’s often a bureaucratic delay after social movements… I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that 10 years passed before a law or process actually changed—but to your point, it’s hard to imagine such blatant segregation happening so recently.
me_mark77 t1_izlt20x wrote
Wow, one of my favorite works to discover when traveling is Keith Haring, and TIL he was born and raised in Kutztown! Went to the unveiling of the marker at the Updike house in Shillington, it was a fun experience.
StagLee1 t1_izmoas2 wrote
Is there a list of the new 36 markers? Did not see a link in the article.
celticgirl1960 t1_izlyou9 wrote
I wanted to submit one for the Enoch brown school near chambersburg but when I looked at the application, I would have to pay around $2,000 for it.
IamSauerKraut OP t1_izmjsil wrote
Any interest in starting a gofundme to raise that 2k?
celticgirl1960 t1_iznkaat wrote
I’ve wondered if they have sponsors or funds from donations
IamSauerKraut OP t1_iznvrnp wrote
Local historical societies often fund these things. Perhaps reach out?
TotesLiz t1_izouews wrote
The PHMC website states that they aren’t considering any further historical marker candidates at this time due to supply chain issues, blah blah blah etc.
IamSauerKraut OP t1_izq23xs wrote
Betcha, if they were to make the effort, they could find some guys in LancCo who could make those things.
TotesLiz t1_izq2fbe wrote
I won’t take that bet-you are correct!
elefantsblue t1_iznld6d wrote
Doing the important work! 😂🤣😂
Plane_Vanilla_3879 t1_izlv0ed wrote
This one needs to go: Mount Pleasant, Philadelphia Mount Pleasant was built between 1762 and 1765 and is recognized as one of the finest examples of Georgian-style architecture. Under its first owner, John Macpherson, a privateer, the estate was a plantation where enslaved African Americans worked.
rah215 t1_izn5g2g wrote
Why? It’s a building, an inanimate object, showing an architectural style. What did or did not happen in the building really has no bearing on this.
IamSauerKraut OP t1_iznuqlq wrote
That a building was used by someone who had slaves should not disqualify it from having a marker. Indeed, I would argue the opposite. We need to know these structures and people existed. Ugly or not, it is part of our history. Let's not erase it.
shanafme t1_izle4l9 wrote
Wait - So Shippensburg didn’t have at public cemetery open to African Americans until the late 1900’s? Like sometime around 1985 they changed their minds about that?