Locust Grove Cemetery

Locust Grove Cemetery is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, dedicated 2007.

Cumberland County · dedicated 2007 · 100 block of N Queen St., Shippensburg

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Burial ground for slaves and free blacks since the early 19th century and site of Shippensburg's first African American church, established 1830s. Edward Shippen Burd granted the land to Shippensburg's African American community in 1842. It was the only public cemetery open to African Americans in the area until the late 20th century. Graves of veterans from the Civil War to the Vietnam conflict include those of twenty-six Civil War soldiers.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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