Speaking of History - African American Cemeteries in Pinellas County

Speaking of History
November 13, 2016
Heritage Village, 11909 125th Street, Largo
Sponsored by the Pinellas County Historical Society

"Digging into Our Past: The History of African American Cemeteries in Pinellas County"

Tina Bucuvalas, the Curator of Arts & Historical Resources for the City of Tarpon Springs, offers an enlightening lecture on the significance of Rose Cemetery, the historic burial site in Tarpon Springs that has served that community and neighboring areas. She describes some of the characteristics that historians and anthropologists consider when evaluating the social context of cemeteries. Jim Schnur, USFSP Librarian and Heritage Village Historian in Residence, broadens the discussion to talk about other African American cemeteries in Pinellas County's history, including a former site on space used for parking at Tropicana Field and another largely forgotten site on a bluff in Seminole.

For information about this series of lectures and Heritage Village, visit: http://www.pinellascounty.org/Heritage/

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