Tag: Chapel
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Lifting the First Stones, Lifting Their Names at Seay Chapel’s Black Cemetery
Three slightly obsessed souls, a homemade tripod, and a hill of almost-forgotten burials: at Seay Chapel we scrub stone, lift names, and fight gravity, proving a small crew with a crazy dedication to the dead can still change how a community remembers its own before they vanish beneath silence.
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Remembering Alexandria’s Civil War Past: A Tale of Two Colonels
Divided by war, united in memory—Alexandria’s Civil War story lives on through Confederate and Union leaders buried side by side, freed communities rising in Cedar Hill, and a young W.E.B. Du Bois teaching nearby.
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What is in a name? Stories beneath the stones…
The Seay Chapel Cemetery, once a gathering place for worship and remembrance, is now a resting place for potentially 500 African American individuals. Some lived their entire life in slavery, others were born into slavery and found freedom in their lifetimes. Others were born free, but lived in a world that did not always treat…
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Welcome to the Alexandria Historic Cemeteries District: A Journey Through History, Heritage, and Hope
Tucked away in the quiet heart of Alexandria, Tennessee lies a sacred collection of spaces where history breathes beneath the trees, and stories live on in weathered stones and quiet paths. The Alexandria Historic Cemeteries District is more than a preservation project — it’s a community-led commitment to restoring dignity, celebrating heritage, and honoring the…
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