On June 23, 2017, former Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson's permanent memorial was unveiled at Oakland Cemetery. Mayor Jackson’s widow Valerie Jackson unveiled the monument during a private family dedication. The stunning 14.5-foot, 14 ton monument was almost three years in…
A headstone on the Thompson/Henderson lot pays tribute to Dr. Beatrice Blanche Saunders Thompson (d. 1964), a physician and surgeon, and her husband Sidney James Thompson (d. 1945), a Fulton County juvenile probation officer and founder of Atlanta’s oldest boys…
by DL Henderson The first phase of the African American Grounds restoration has presented the Preservation, Restoration, and Operations (PRO) Team with many unique challenges and opportunities to hone our conservation skills. When we began working in Block 68, we…
by Hilary Hart Georgia Daffodil Society Member Spring is daffodil time, especially at Historic Oakland Cemetery; take a stroll and you will find an astonishing hosts of daffodils. There are the familiar yellow trumpets, but also delicate small-cupped daffodils, clutches…
On January 12, 2017 Oakland Cemetery resident Louise Richardson Allen would have been 100 years old. In commemoration of her centennial birthday, we remember this instrumental Atlantan's legacy here in a remembrance that was originally published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution…
We have talked about our phased restoration and described what activities we do as we continue with our master plan. Situations arise when damage to a plot, or a marker, or a wall is in critical condition. Critical restoration is outside…