Remembering Laurel Cemetery – Lecture & Exhibition Reception – The Center for Architecture & Design

Join us for a lecture to remember Laurel Cemetary, a resting place for Black Civil War veterans and notable civil rights activists…   Laurel Cemetery was incorporated in 1852 as Baltimore’s first nondenominational cemetery for African Americans. It quickly became a popular place of burial for people across Black Baltimore’s socioeconomic spectrum, including 230 Black Civil War veterans and notables… Read more