UofL researchers partner with community to preserve legacy of historic cemetery

Through ground mapping, penetrating radar and oral history efforts, a team of interdisciplinary researchers and students are working to digitally map, document and preserve the historic Petersburg Newburg Cemetery. Beneath its uneven ground are graves dating back to the early 1800s, some with inscriptions nearly lost to time; others the land has simply swallowed. Behind these weathered markers lies nearly two centuries of stories and the collective memory of a community.

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