Fort Bend Star
On Saturday, June 17, from 8:30-11:30 a.m., there will be a volunteer event to clean tombstones and remove brush overgrowth that restricts access to historic gravesites of former slaves and prepare the area for a new African American Memorial at Bates Allen Park (Historic Newman Chapel Cemetery and Historic Oak Hill Cemetery), 630 Charlie Roberts Ln., Kendleton.
The event is hosted by Fort Bend County Precinct 4 Commissioner Dexter L. McCoy, former U.S. Rep. Pete Olson, the Exchange Club of Sugar Land, the Missouri City/Sugar Land Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Christ Church Sugar Land, and the Alexander Hodge Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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