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Editorial: A fitting final farewell to Gainesville's deceased
City leaders help right wrongs of past by recognizing hundreds buried anonymously
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Gainesville City Councilwoman Barbara Brooks and Mayor Danny Dunagan, right of memorial, unveil a 7-foot-tall granite monument at a Sunday dedication of a memorial garden where more than 1,100 African-Americans are buried in unmarked graves. Also pictured are Cty Councilmen Sam Couvillon, far left, and George Wangemann. - photo by Jeff Gill
A few thoughts come to mind after Sunday’s ceremony at Gainesville’s Alta Vista Cemetery to acknowledge the graves of more than 1,100 African-Americans that had remained unmarked for decades.