by Toni | Jul 17, 2017 | Preservation Efforts
Cemetery Preservation: A Growing Concern All cemeteries lose things over time as natural elements take their toll – headstones may deteriorate due to growth of algae, lichen or fungus, headstone inscriptions may wear down and become less readable, growth of...
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by Toni | Jun 27, 2017 | Family Stories: United States Colored Troops, Featured, Preservation Efforts
In order to better understand the work that I do, and why I do it, I will first explain who I am and how I got to 2004, which is when my journey into researching the lives of Stephen Binyard and his extended family first began. To be blunt, as a white woman the...
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by Toni | Jun 23, 2017 | Family Stories: United States Colored Troops, Featured, Preservation Efforts
In April of 2011, I attended a workshop at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC and what I left with changed my life. In between my workshops, I used my time wisely and requested the file of Stephen Binyard. He was the brother of Dorcas...
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