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Evergreen Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery in the East End of Richmond, Virginia, dating from 1891. Notable African-American Richmonders including Maggie L. Walker, John Mitchell, Jr., A.D.Price, and Rev.J.Andrew Bowler are buried there.The most recent burial in the historic section of the cemetery dates from the 1980s. Much of the privately owned cemetery is completely overgrown with kudzu or is returning to forest. The original organization responsible for the cemetery, the Evergreen Cemetery Association, made no allowances for perpetual care in its charter. In 1970, the association sold its more than 5,000 plots to Metropolitan Memorial Services, which soon went bankrupt. A group of black funeral-home directors later bought the site at auction.

Address: Evergreen Rd, Richmond, VA 23223, USA
Phone: (804) 643-4702
State: Virginia
Zip Code: 23223


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This once beautiful cemetery is now overgrown and volunteers are struggling to reclaim and preserve. The resting place of the likes of Maggie L. Walker, John Mitchell, Jr., A.D.Price, and Rev.J.Andrew Bowler, Evergreen now needs our help. Looking at Evergreen reveals much about the role race and money plays and once played in how history gets preserved and transmitted to future generations. If you want to understand the "city of monuments" and places like Hollywood and Monument Avenue, then Evergreen is a must visit on your itinerary.
9 years ago (15-05-2016)
There are some amazing people doing all they can to clean up and reclaim this place. Check out the website for workdays and join in the efforts.
9 years ago (27-09-2016)
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