Category: Cemetery
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Spotlight On: Darlington Memorial Cemetery
Located on Avenue D and Friendship Street in Darlington, the Darlington Memorial Cemetery was the first cemetery created for African-Americans in the community. The cemetery began in 1890 as a five-acre cemetery established by Macedonia Baptist Church and African-American citizens in Darlington. In 1946, Bethel A.M.E. Church and St. James Methodist Church established cemeteries across…
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The Desecration of Lowther’s Hill Cemetery (aks Montrose)
Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you have. — Benjamin Franklin
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Life-Sized Monument in Marble Keeps Soldier Alive in Memory in Darlington County
Memory of man killed during World War II lives on in Timmonsville.