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Cumberland Valley Civil War Roundtable group honors Black soldiers

Will restore gravesites

  • Scott LaMar

Airdate:  June 8, 2022

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The historic Lebanon Cemetery or Mt. Vernon Cemetery, west of Chambersburg, is the cemetery where many African-Americans from Franklin County were buried after the Civil War. It is the final resting place for more than 25 Black soldiers who fought in the war, including those of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Colored Troops.

The Cumberland Valley Civil War Roundtable has plans to clean and restore the grave sites of the soldiers.

The Roundtable’s Tracy Baer is on Wednesday’s Smart Talk to discuss the history.

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