Rose Cemetery

FL

Founded: 1904

Location: Tarpon Springs, FL

Additional name(s): None

Affiliate group(s):

  • African American Cemetery Alliance of Tampa Bay


History:

The Rose Hill Cemetery serves as the largest intact segregated African American cemetery in Pinellas County, Florida. Established in the early twentieth-century, the cemetery reflects the trials and triumphs of the Tarpon Springs African American community from the Civil War through current day. Home to nineteenth-century black hook spongers, community leaders, military veterans, and civil rights activists, the cemetery provides teachers and students with a unique opportunity to explore Afro-Caribbean and African American hidden stories and experiences in Florida.



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