Efforts Underway to Restore and Preserve Historic African American Cemetery in Halfway Neighborhood

Story and photos by Lisa Gregory

They lived rich and full lives. They married and raised children. They fought to preserve the Union during the Civil War and then to defend it against foreign powers during World War 1. They loved and laughed and cried. And when the time came, they found their final resting place at the Halfway African American Cemetery, or as it was known then, the Halfway Colored Cemetery.

Then, those buried there were lost to time and development, and the undergrowth of nature taking over their graves and tombstones in a small area that still remains. Read more…