The Abandoned United American Cemetery (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.พ. 2023
- The United American Cemetery is a historic African American burial ground. It was founded in 1883 but includes many graves moved from an earlier cemetery in Avondale, so the earliest legible tombstone is from 1832. The grounds were laid out by prominent landscape architect Adolph Strauch, who also designed Spring Grove Cemetery. This is the resting place of Underground Railroad figures as well as writers, politicians, businesspeople, artists, Civil Rights leaders, and many military veterans, including at
least 55 African American veterans of the Civil War. By the middle of the twentieth century the cemetery became increasingly neglected. A group of plot owners sued the cemetery association in 1956. The courts appointed a new board to operate the cemetery but the board was unable to convince plot owners to pay for perpetual care which would generate funds for ongoing cemetery maintenance. In 1968 the cemetery was transferred to Union Baptist Church. The cemetery was founded by the United Colored American Association, but by 1968, the original cemetery association no longer existed, and at the request of Councilman Charles P. Taft,
ownership was transferred to the Union Baptist Church.
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It's a crying shame that this deterioration cannot be mitigated through negotiation. Someone needs to be dedicated to maintaining the area. I help maintain a park and historic cemetery on 7 acres. I'm retired, and so are the other 5 people that I volunteer with. Yes, volunteer. We're there 2-3 days per week. It takes a good effort, but one must progress one nail at a time. One blade of grass cut at a time. One stroke of a paint brush at a time, etc., etc. Takes a lot of heart for your community. Best of luck with this.
THANK YOU MATTHEW, my great granmother is there.
And THANK YOU for the respectful soft music.
Love the videos man!!! Keep it up
This is what happens to majority of cemeteries. It happened to several cemeteries in Chicago, because the land was just too valuable when compared to what it cost to maintain. Money rules the world, not dead people.
I appreciate this video and all of the work u do. Thank you
Thank you for the feedback!
Matthew another great video. Would you consider doing a story on the old "Allen House Orphanage" It closed in 1986 and I was there in 1965. Cheers, Mate.
Pokes Matthew with a cattle prod to check for signs of life???????
If u like exploring abandoned places there's a school in kennedy hights I've heard about
Research credit to Chris Hanlin.