In Westtown Township and across the nation, amateur historians and others are working to preserve abandoned and neglected Black cemeteries.
Joseph Becton, a member of the 3rd Regiment Infantry United States Colored Troops Civil War Re-enactors, carries a U.S. flag in Camden in May 2019.Soon, in preparation for Memorial Day, hundreds of soldiers will fan out at Arlington National Cemetery with backpacks full of American flags, placing them on every grave.
The cemetery was once part of a thriving African Methodist Episcopal congregation, Shiloh AME Church, founded in 1817 and thought to be one of the first AME churches outside of Philadelphia. Over time, with the death of congregants and people moving away, the parish closed its doors in the 1920s; the deteriorating church was razed in the 1960s.
buried because a previous owner had the remains of the church bulldozed and the tombstones removed. All the headstones are gone except for the headstone of Alfred Bye, Company A, 32nd U.S. Colored Regiment, which was rescued and preserved by a neighbor. We have no idea of the location of the headstone for his brother, Richard, who served in the same regiment and is also buried at Shiloh.
In Chester County alone, at least eight unkempt graveyards with U.S. Colored Troops burials have been identified. In 2022, Congress passed the, authorizing the National Park Service to establish a $3 million grant program to aid preservation efforts of historic African American burial grounds., a grant competition last year drew proposals from 5,400 Black cemeteries seeking a total of some $650 million — more than six times the amount available.
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