UPCOMING EVENTS Events Feb 7 OAK TREE UNION COLORED CEMETERY OF TAYLORVILLE DEDICATION CEREMONY A Moving Tribute to the 229 Black Americans Interred During the Early 1900s and Almost Entirely Forgotten For Decades Feb 12 SACRED BURIAL GROUNDS 2025 ANNUAL CONVERSATION GRAVES MATTER: A Panamanian Focus Feb 15 MEMORIAL MONUMENT & HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION The Board of Directors of Whispering Souls African American Cemetery Invites You To Join Us! PAST EVENTS 2025 2024 Events Nov 23 BLACK GRAVES HALLOWED GROUND Oct 19 Memorial Monument and Historical marker dedication Oct 19 PAHG Annual Meeting & Conference Sep 17 Cemeteries and the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Sep 12 "African American Cemeteries and Their Communities" Symposium Sep 8 HISTORY OF FREDRICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL CEMETERY Jun 21 Historical Photo Session Jun 19 Jubilee juneteenth Jun 15 Juneteenth Celebration May 31 Lake Worth Beach New Historical Marker May 27 Memorial Day Service May 27 Memorial Day Service May 27 Memorial Day Observance May 18 Cemetery CleanUp Feb 24 Grave Matters Feb 24 Wimaumas memorial cemetery Repass Feb 22 Black Future Month Events Feb 17 Wimuauma memorial cemetery beautification Feb 1 IBL Conference 2023 Events Oct 30 Historical presentation Oct 24 AFRICAN AMERICAN BURIAL GROUND AND REMEMBERING PROJECT Oct 21 RRAAM Genealogy Workshop Oct 19 Underground History Screening and Panel Discussion Oct 14 Legacies in place, memories in mind Sep 20 Community Conversations with the African American Heritage Association Jun 19 Juneteenth Celebration Jun 19 Juneteenth Commemoration Jun 17 Juneteenth Celebration May 20 African American Cemetery Symposium May 19 Monument Dedication and Memorial Event Apr 11 GRAND Rising Apr 7 Digitizing and Documenting gravestones 2022 Events Nov 13 A CONVERSATION WITH ALTHEA SUMPTER Nov 3 ART OVER Erasure Oct 24 2022 Research Symposium Oct 15 Pennsylvania Hallowed Grounds Annual Meeting Oct 14 TBLC Genealogy Librarians & Archivists 2022 Meetup Jun 20 PIERCE CHAPEL AFRICAN CEMETERY-Consecration Jun 18 Who owns history? Jun 15 Anniversary Apr 21 Black Cemeteries By Rock Creek Conservancy Mar 22 “Restorying Heritage Landscapes” (Online) @ SFAA Conference Feb 26 African American Cemetery Coalition (online) Feb 20 Community Event @ Sulphur Springs Museum Feb 16 Lecture & Artistic Performance @ Tampa Bay History Center Feb 1 Institute of Black Life Conference @ USF St. Pete
