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Residents press Lafayette council to add 200 names to cemetery memorial; staff to proceed with plaque installation
Summary
Residents and researchers urged Lafayette to add the names of roughly 200 people buried in unmarked graves to a cemetery memorial. City staff reviewed research and recommended a new engraved stone; council indicated no objection and directed staff to move forward with sourcing and installation.
At the March 17 Lafayette City Council meeting, multiple residents urged the council to add the names of roughly 200 people buried in unmarked graves to the Lafayette Cemetery memorial.
"I am speaking as a person who was present in 1992 when historical injustice was corrected at the Lafayette Cemetery... Today, I urge you to install a marker with the names of the 200 Lafayette residents whose names were erased from historical record," said Marta Kriasi Kern, who said she directs EcoArts Connections and was speaking on behalf of…
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