HISTORIC UNION BAPTIST CEMETERY

Date: Monday, May 27, 2024.

Time: 12:00 pm

Location: 4933 Cleves Warsaw Pike Cincinnati, OH 45238

Union Baptist Cemetery is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places in September 2002. The cemetery is the oldest Baptist African-American cemetery in Cincinnati, founded in 1864 by members of Union Baptist Church. Prominent African Americans, including Reverend Nickens (first minister hired at Union in 1835), Honorable George W. Hays, Jr., and Jennie D. Porter (founder and principal of the Harriet Beecher Stowe School) are buried in the cemetery. Many former slaves, anti-slavery advocates, and active members of the Underground Railroad are interred here. The Memorial Day Service at Historic Union Baptist Cemetery will be conducted by Reverend Dr. Orlando B. Yates, Senior Pastor of Union Baptist Church and feature Keynote Speaker: Honorable Mayor Aftab Pureval, City of Cincinnati; Color Guard (University of Cincinnati's Pershing Rifles’ Company). and other special invited guests.