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Father Dickson Cemetery is an African American historic burial ground where veterans from the Civil War, Spanish American War, WWI, WWII, and the Korean Conflict are interred alongside notable civil rights advocates, local, state and national leaders, families, and friends. The cemetery was the site of more than 12,000 burials before it closed in the 1970s.
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Crestwood, Missouri · United States
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Grant's Trail: Sappington House and Father Dickson Cemetery
History
The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum
Education
Kirkwood City Council Shooting Memorial
Civics
Jonathan Borofsky (American, 1942)
Arts & Culture
Jackie Ferrara (American, born 1929)
Arts & Culture
Ernest Trova (American, 1927-2009)
Arts & Culture