When:
July 9, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
2022-07-09T13:30:00-05:00
2022-07-09T13:45:00-05:00
Where:
Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum
1440 Monument Ave. Springfield
IL

HISTORY COMES ALIVE

Oak Ridge Cemetery and “The Colored Section”

Saturday July 9, 2022 at 1:30 pm
Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum
1440 Monument Ave., Springfield, IL

 

Lashonda Fitch, Executive Director of Oak Ridge Cemetery

Mrs. Fitch will discuss the establishment of Oak Ridge and how it has evolved into the 180-acre cemetery it is today. She will provide biographical details of some of the prominent African Americans buried in “The Colored Section” of Oak Ridge Cemetery. 

After the presentation there will be a caravan to “The Colored Section”.