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Fairview Cemetery

Historic Designation For Fairview Cemetery

February 7, 2023 Tagged With: Cemetery, Charles Town, Fairview Cemetery, Gibsontown, In Print Feb 2023

Fairview cemetery

Fairview Cemetery of Gibsontown, established 150 years ago, is the largest black cemetery in Jefferson County and was recently designated a county historic landmark. Read the Full Story >>

Remembering & Maintaining Fairview Cemetery

February 27, 2022 Tagged With: Fairview Cemetery, historic preservation, In Print Mar 2022, Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission

a headstone at Fairview Cemetary.

Cemeteries not only serve as resting places for our loved ones but also offer windows into our history. Old family graveyards are often a lasting mark of the wealthy landowners of the 19th century. Cemeteries established to bury the Civil War dead, like Elmwood, Edge Hill, and Pine Grove, remind us of the true cost of war. Church cemeteries are monuments to the congregations and community who once prayed together within their walls. Read the Full Story >>

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