Friends of Brooklyn Cemetery

If you’d like to make a donation to Brooklyn Cemetery, click the link!

http://She had no idea her search would lead her to a neglected burial ground for enslaved people, nor that her 16-year-old son would die and become, as she put it, "the first African American person who was born free to be buried in this cemetery."//

Happy birthday to one of our most dedicated volunteers! We love you, Annette!

Now, as Americans rethink Confederate monuments across the country, historians and community activists are working to restore and protect historic Black cemeteries, many of which have fallen into disrepair, the victims of mismanagement, political strife or abandonment.

We don’t know our history or where we came from. In service to my community, and to create a better future for my children and grandchildren, I want them to know where they came from, and to be able to call those names. - Linda E Davis

Check out our talk about Brooklyn Cemetery!

Here is the presentation Kimberly Davis gave for the Historic Athens Virtual History Conference.

Thank you cards to the 100+ Women Who Care Athens should be arriving in their mailboxes soon. Special thank you to Kim Klonowski for her championing of the Brooklyn Cemetery! And another big announcement is on the horizon.