My daughter moved to the Cedar Grove neighborhood last year, and since then, we have enjoyed many walks in that beautiful place. It has come to have important meaning for me. Your post, so respectful of those interred and those who mourn them, is rich with information and sensitive advocacy. I've been especially intrigued by the marker for the Home for Aged Colored Women, and I thank you for the backstory. Please include me on your list serve.
Joyce, I somehow never read this story last year, but it’s beautiful. At my work, we are part of a project called Leaves of Remembrance where we install a brass leaf with a name on it for folks who die while living unhoused in Seattle, which is a shamefully long list every year. It’s a different story, but I compare it because of your note about a website. The Leaves of Remembrance website often ends up connecting with folks from several states away, who’s lost touch with a brother, uncle, mother, etc, and had no idea that person had ended up in Seattle, or unhoused, and that they died. But they’ve been searching, until they found a hit on our website. We’ve had people fly in to join us for the leaf laying ceremonies, because it gives some kind of closure, and as you note, it’s powerful to hear their name read aloud. So I guess this is a vote that a website could be very meaningful to some folks that you don’t even know yet. And yes please add me to the list serve. Thank you for this work and this story. And I’m going to go listen to the radio story and picture you as Nancy Drew.
Thanks Joyce Two generations of my family as well as my cousins are buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery! Thanks for you efforts in championing this important piece of history ( from Bruce of Cedar Grove)
My daughter moved to the Cedar Grove neighborhood last year, and since then, we have enjoyed many walks in that beautiful place. It has come to have important meaning for me. Your post, so respectful of those interred and those who mourn them, is rich with information and sensitive advocacy. I've been especially intrigued by the marker for the Home for Aged Colored Women, and I thank you for the backstory. Please include me on your list serve.
Joyce, I somehow never read this story last year, but it’s beautiful. At my work, we are part of a project called Leaves of Remembrance where we install a brass leaf with a name on it for folks who die while living unhoused in Seattle, which is a shamefully long list every year. It’s a different story, but I compare it because of your note about a website. The Leaves of Remembrance website often ends up connecting with folks from several states away, who’s lost touch with a brother, uncle, mother, etc, and had no idea that person had ended up in Seattle, or unhoused, and that they died. But they’ve been searching, until they found a hit on our website. We’ve had people fly in to join us for the leaf laying ceremonies, because it gives some kind of closure, and as you note, it’s powerful to hear their name read aloud. So I guess this is a vote that a website could be very meaningful to some folks that you don’t even know yet. And yes please add me to the list serve. Thank you for this work and this story. And I’m going to go listen to the radio story and picture you as Nancy Drew.
Great work Jess! My cousin lives in Seattle
Thanks, Joyce. Please add me to your listserve.
Thank you, Joyce, so important and a great read. Would love to be on the listserv and help in some way.
This is so moving, Joyce. Please add me to the listserv.
Beautiful work. Please add me to the list serve
Humbled. Can I have permission to send /forward to others on my FB page?
Thanks Joyce Two generations of my family as well as my cousins are buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery! Thanks for you efforts in championing this important piece of history ( from Bruce of Cedar Grove)
I’m uplifted to hear about this work, Joyce. Glad you shared your brother’s joke ☘️. Please add me to listserv.