“We are fortunate to receive this generous grant from the State. The plan is to hire a professional restorer with experience in cemetery preservation to straighten, lift, and clean several of the gravestone markers that are in immediate need.” – Alex Popp Continue Reading →
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Byram Resident Urges Town to Adopt a Plan to Protect Cemetery Stones, Preserve History
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“There are probably a half a dozen stones that are in critical need of action within the next three months,” Alex Popp said, pointing to stones that have tipped over or are vanishing as the earth grows over them. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, African-American Cemetery, Alex Popp, Byram Cemetery, Carolyn Antonik, Colored Cemetery, Katherine LoBalbo, The Old Burying Ground at Byram Shore / Lyon Plot
Letter: New Legal Battle Brewing Over Byram Cemetery and Underground Railroad Legacy in Greenwich
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“It is our intention to invoke the Native American Gravesite Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) in seeking to prevent the Stewarts from further desecrating and claiming ownership of our ancestral cemetery.” – Teresa Vega Continue Reading →