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May 2, 2021 · SPRINGFIELD — Their new book is called the “History of the Springfield Cemetery,” but editors Wayne E. Phaneuf and Joseph Carvalho III say it is about much more than that.
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Oct 13, 2017 · “This cemetery was actually a part of an 80 acre purchase by the city of Springfield to put a new city cemetery in. They were all bought as one plot for $3,000 by the city of Springfield in 1867 ...
Oct 28, 2023 · This tour of the cemetery highlights some of these, explaining the significance behind some of the most common (and not-so-common) symbols of death and mourning. The tour will take place on Saturday, October 28th at 1:00pm.
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- October 28, 2023
- 171 Maple Street, Springfield
- The Underground Railroad in Springfield
- Jupiter Richards
- Primus Mason
- Ruth Loving
Being on the Connecticut river and having access to trains and railroads, Springfield was naturally a pit-stop for those escaping Southern slavery, according to Cliff McCarthy, archivist for the Wood Museum in Springfield. Stopping in Springfield, fugitives would be directed to a number of safe spots, typically homes of free blacks, a place where r...
The story of Jupiter Richards shows that free black people in the 1700s had to not only worry about slavery, but the legal system, too. He was a free black man brought back into servitude. Richards may have been born free or it may have been his Massachusetts military career that secured his liberty in the 1780s. He served for a total of seven year...
Primus Mason was a black real estate mogul. As a free man back in the mid-1800s, Mason saved his earnings and invested them in land. He wound up selling much of that land to the city of Springfield — making Mason one of the wealthiest men in the area. To make his fortune, Mason did whatever he could. “He picked dead horses off the road through a co...
Often confined to stories of the 1800s to the Civil Rights era, modern black history is often overlooked. For example, the story of Springfield’s Dr. Ruth B. Loving (1914-2014) was almost lost to the dust bin of history when Shabazz’s class took an interest in preserving her story. Dr. Ruth B. Loving was born in Pennsylvania in 1914, but after movi...
An interest in cemetery preservation seems to be something discovered rather than learned from parents or the public school system. While not often talked about, cemetery preservation is important and worthy of attention – attention that many cemeteries around the country are not receiving. Why does cemetery preservation matter?
Jan 1, 2021 · A person's first impression of Springfield Cemetery is its beautiful landscape, classic architecture, and remarkable monuments that populate each section of the property. This timeline provides a detailed chronicle of the development and evolution of the cemetery, the trusteeship and management that has made Springfield Cemetery unique.
- III Joseph Carvalho, Wayne Phaneuf
