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Celebrating Black History Month Virtual Lunch and Learn Event: Mayhew The Forgotten Cemetery
Presentation Explores almost 70 years of a predominantly African-American abandoned cemetery’s history brought back to life with displays of artifacts, research notes, family history, maps, and aerial drone photos.Guest Speaker: Shirley Hurd and Ann Rawlins, OFGS ResearchersFriday, February 12, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CTRegistration is Required.To Register log in below:https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SO2BHwmiRme6rgfhTBffOAThe abandoned Mayhew Cemetery was active from about 1868 -1937. The Mayhew is locatedin Fort Scott, KS. There are no tombstones to mark the graves of at least 176 early Fort Scottand Bourbon County citizens buried there. Shirley Hurd and Ann Rawlins are both members andresearchers for the Old Fort Genealogy Society in Fort Scott, KS.For more information about “Mayhew The Forgotten Cemetery” contact the Gordon ParksMuseum at 620 -223-2700 ext. 5850 or visit http://www.gordonparkscenter.org/.
Date and Time
Friday Feb 12, 2021
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CSTFriday, February 12, 2021 at 11:00am -12:00pm CT
Location
ZOOM Webinar Online
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SO2BHwmiRme6rgfhTBffOAFees/Admission
FREE
Contact Information
Kirk Sharp at the Gordon Parks Museum 620-223-2700 ext 5850
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