Burial
Palmer Cemetery: The Heart and History of Fishtown
Posted July 18th, 2008 by TeishanFishtown Neighbors Association with Scribe Video Center
This video is available for purchase as part of the Precious Places Community History Project Vol. 3 compilation DVD.
No one seems to know exactly how many people are buried in Fishtown’s Palmer Cemetery. Created for the community by the merchant Anthony Palmer in the 1730s, the cemetery has been such a popular final destination for residents over the generations that the community’s historians have lost count of its eternal tenants, which could number as high as 50,000.
On Mt. Peace
Posted October 1st, 2007 by GretjenLawnside Historical Society & Scribe Video Center
This video is available for purchase as part of a Precious Places Community History Project compilation DVD.
On Mt. Peace by the Lawnside Historical Society (Lawnside, Camden County), chronicles the struggle of the members of the Lawnside community and The Lawnside Historical Society to maintain the 19th century historically black cemetery, Mt. Peace. Established in 1890 by African Americans to provide a burial place for their dead, Mt Peace is the final resting place of many Civil War veterans and has been placed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks.
Lawnside Historical Society is a nonprofit membership organization which seeks to preserve and promote the heritage and history of the Lawnside, New Jersey community. The group’s video documents Mount Peace Cemetery, established in 1890 by African Americans to provide a burial place for their dead, and the struggle of local residents to have the cemetery designated as a historical landmark.
