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Committee gives favorable report to resolution urging Schneider Park be renamed a memorial
Summary
A city council committee advanced a resolution to rename Schneider Park as a memorial recognizing an unmarked burial ground after presenters showed archival and subsurface evidence and neighbors described long-running local efforts; the item moves to full council on the consent agenda.
A council committee voted to give a favorable report to a resolution urging the director of public service to rename Schneider Park to memorialize those buried there and to declare the measure an emergency.
Councilwoman Davis, sponsor of the resolution, framed it as recognition of “the sacred history of that land” and credited long-term volunteers and researchers for bringing the issue to the council’s attention. ‘‘This effort has been years in the making,’’ she said, thanking advocates who have worked six to seven years to press the issue.
Dr. Berman presented archival and aerial evidence showing that the park sits on ground used as a poor…
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