Black History Month Open House with guest speaker, Dolly Marshall

 

Hello Friends, In recognition of Black History Month, the Friends of Cedar View will be holding an Open House at the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center in Red Bank, NJ. Our Guest Speaker will be NJ Historic Preservation Award winner, Dolly Marshall. WHEN: Sunday, March 16th from 3pm to 5pm. WHERE: T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, 94 Dr. James Parker Blvd, in Red Bank, NJ. Dolly Marshall, a Camden, NJ native, historic preservation activist, historic preservation specialist for the City of Camden, and a trustee of Mount Peace Cemetery in Lawnside, NJ. She was awarded the prestigious Emerging Leaders of Historic Preservation Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This is just one of many awards she has won associated with her preservation work. Mount Peace Cemetery was founded in 1900, during a time when African Americans were excluded from other non-secular burial grounds. Located in Lawnside, NJ, a settlement that was a haven for freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad, it serves as a final resting place for many African American people including  former Slaves and decorated Civil War Veterans. www.mtpeacecemeteryassociation.org Since this will be held at the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, you will be able to walk around and see all of the wonderful exhibits. www.tthomasfortuneculturalcenter.org This is going to be a great event! Light refreshments will be served. I am looking forward to seeing everyone. Thank you for your ongoing support, Sincerely, John Smack, Board President Friends of Cedar View, Inc. About the Friends of Cedar View (FOCV): The mission of FOCV is to preserve and protect the African-American Cedar View Cemetery founded on November 14, 1850 in Lincroft, New Jersey; to ensure the continued solemnity of this hallowed ground; and to bring increased awareness of the cemetery's unique historical and cultural value to the public. Cedar View Cemetery is among the most Historic Black Gravesites in Monmouth County. Several of the interred souls resting there are former slaves and their manumitted descendants. The cemetery was neglected and overgrown for decades until the recent efforts of the Friends of Cedar View to restore it. The Friends of Cedar View is supported by more than 100 individuals, businesses and organizations that have donated time, goods, services and funds to the project. We are also proud to be part of the Black Heritage Trail of New Jersey. Key stakeholders include: Trustees of the Friends of Cedar View, Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society of NJ, Boy Scouts of Lincroft, Grabas Institute for Continuing Education, Monmouth Conservation Foundation, Historians Rick Geffken and Robert Shomo, Middletown Landmarks Commission, Middletown Township Committee, Monmouth County Genealogical Society, Monmouth County Historical Association, Monmouth County Historical Commission, Monmouth University School of Social Work, Pilgrim Baptist Church, St. Leo the Great Church, Bennett Property and Design, Engineering & Land Planning Associates, Inc. (E&LP), Sunrise Title Agency, T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, Affordable Precision Granite, URAS Monuments of Middletown and Flynn’s Tree Service. Donations are welcome and can be made on our website, via check, or by clicking the link below                                                                                                                                                                                       The Friends of Cedar View is a registered 501 (c) 3 Organization.                Donations are tax deductible as allowed by law. Click here to donate Copyright (C) 2024 Friends of Cedar View. All rights reserved. Website: www.cedarviewcemetery.org Our Mailing Address is: Friends of Cedar View Inc. PO Box 371  Lincroft, NJ 07738 Email: friendsofcedarview@gmail.com (Photo at top: T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center Director, Ms. Gilda Rogers, speaking at one of our events at the Cultural Center.)