Pennsylvania’s hallowed ground: A role for historic preservation
06 November 2015 – Brenda Barrett 1
preservation, community history, race, The Public Historian, National Historic Preservation Act, National Historic Preservation Act commemoration, American Civil War
Editor’s note: This post continues a series commemorating the anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act by examining a past article published in The Public Historian, describing its significance and relating it to contemporary conversations in historic preservation.
The saga of the Locust Grove Cemetery, an African American burial ground in the small borough of Shippensburg, is one that is repeated across the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Read More