Fort Bend County leaders will be hosting a massive clean up a cemetery of formerly...
to the point that the graves are obscured.
Recent cleanup efforts have helped restore the graves and their accessibility, and the park is now the future site of Fort Bend County’s first African-American memorial, but volunteers are needed to clear the space. Hosted by Fort Bend County Precinct 4 Commissioner Dexter McCoy and former U.S. Congressman Pete Olson, the effort will involve cleaning tombstones and removing brush overgrowth that restricts access to historic gravesites, Olson said in a press release.
McCoy announced in February that he had secured a $4 million dollar initial investment to start the preliminary work on the Greater Houston-area’sThe memorial will honor the final resting places of African-Americans in both the Newman Chapel and Oak Hill Cemeteries and will feature a large monument, a Juneteenth Plaza, connecting trails and a convict lease and labor memorial garden to honor theOlson and McCoy are asking volunteers to join them in their continued efforts to restore the cemetery.
Anyone interested in joining the endeavor should contact McCoy’s communication director Saki Indakwa at
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