Hidden beneath the foliage at East End Cemetery are gravestones split in half, sunken into the earth and grave markers divorced from the bodies they honor. The Richmond cemetery is littered with fallen trees and debris. East End is not the only cemetery to find this fate. Historically Black and
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John Mitchell, descendant of John Mitchell Jr., an African American civil rights activist, has joined the Enrichmond Foundation as the organization’s first cemeteries community ambassador. In the role, Mitchell will lead community engagement and event planning initiatives supporting Enrichmond. He also will serve as the primary contact for descendant
Click here to read moreOn Feb. 24 at 12 p.m., the public is invited to join a Chamber RVA program featuring five entrepreneurs who are part of the effort to restore Evergreen and East End Cemeteries and committed to bringing the stories of those buried there to life. Part of RVA NOW’s
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The Enrichmond Foundation recently partnered with Howard Wellman Conservation, LLC to create a comprehensive preservation plan for Historic Evergreen and East End cemeteries. The historic cemeteries serve as the final resting place for thousands of individuals who faced segregation, discrimination, and racial violence while contributing in important ways to the
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On Jan. 18, volunteers from Poe Museum and Sigma Delta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. will mark Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s National Day of Service by clearing overgrowth and debris from the pathways and grave markers at Historic Evergreen and East End cemeteries. The Enrichmond
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