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Last Week in the Cemetery (Week of August 8)

Posted August 14 2022 by M.S. Coyne Last week in the Cemetery started HOT and then after some rain became QUITE PLEASANT. A lot of things...

Last Week in the Cemetery (Week of August 1)

Posted August 4 2022 by M.S. Coyne Last week in the Cemetery started MUCH COOLER but by the end of the week, it was HOT and still WET! A...

Last Week in the Cemetery (Week of July 25)

Posted August 4, 2022 by M.S. Coyne Last week in the Cemetery was HOT, WET, and MUGGY. The younger trees really needed the timely rain...

Last Week in the Cemetery (Week of July 18)

Posted July 31, 2022 by M.S. Coyne Last week in the Cemetery was HOT, SWEATY, and CHIGGERY. But we accomplished a lot. On Sunday, July 24...

Lexington’s African American Horsemen: Findings and Recognition

Research on African Americans in the horse racing industry buried in African Cemetery No. 2, Lexington has been a decades-long endeavor....

Fathers and Sons - United States Colored Troops and Horsemen of the Bluegrass

Having spent the better part of twenty years researching the lives of the men and women laid to rest in African Cemetery No. 2, I would...

Nathan Caulder

Two months after his eighteenth birthday Nathan Caulder followed his older brother Stanley into military service. He enlisted 25 October...

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