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MLK Day Cemetery Tour - Finding Lost Stories from Long Silent Voices

Sunday, January 18th – 2:00 PM

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Description: MLK Day Cemetery Tour - Finding Lost Stories from Long Silent Voices

Location: Paris Landing State Park

Our Rangers are working to restore a cemetery containing known and unknown enslaved persons. We invite everyone to join us as we discuss what we have discovered and to contribute any historical information you may know about this area.

We will share stories of the unmarked and marked graves explaining how historical segregation led to the loss of their information and the efforts put forward to find them.

We will share a moment of silence and a reading of the names to honor MLK's vision of equality and belonging in this program of remembrance and celebration of those once lost but found again.

Event Document:   Essential Eligibility Criteria

Program Host:  Christa Davidson

Contact Email:  christa.davidson@tn.gov

Contact Phone:  7316414465

Meeting Place:  Nature Center 150 Bridgeview Road