PRO Team Field Notes: Restoring the McKinley Lot

November 16, 2017
African American Burial Grounds, Critical Restoration, Preservation

by DL Henderson The headstone belonging to Jacob McKinley is located in Phase 1 of the African American Grounds restoration project. It is a pedestal-style monument, composed of multiple units of marble “freely” stacked, one on top of another, without…

PRO Team Field Notes: Restoration and Preservation for Eliza S. Blake

April 20, 2017
African American Burial Grounds, Preservation

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…

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Explore historic Oakland Cemetery, where Atlanta’s history lives. Open daily from dawn to dusk.

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Nightfall Chronicles: Crime Through Time

Pumpkin Patch at Oakland Cemetery

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PRO Team Field Notes: Restoring the McKinley Lot

PRO Team Field Notes: Restoration and Preservation for Eliza S. Blake

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