Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
The Avoca Museum in Altavista, Virginia, sits on what was once the property of Colonel Charles Lynch. In 2005, a graveyard was discovered in the grounds. Now known as the Enslaved Persons Cemetery, it holds at least 32 graves, which were once marked by local stones without inscriptions.
The stones were still there, but had been moved from the graves. Museum director Michael Hudson is committed to preserving and honoring the cemetery.In order to find the exact location of the bodies beneath Avoca’s grounds, to illuminate the past for the broader Lynchburg community, a geolocation radar tool was used to detect the depth of compromised soil (unsurprisingly, usually six to seven feet under). This meant the graves didn’t have to be dug up, an option Hudson says was out of the question….
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