Historic Eden Cemetery

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FRIENDS OF HISTORIC EDEN CEMETERY (FOHEC) & AVENGING THE ANCESTORS COALITION (ATAC) invite you to

A DAY OF SERVICE at HISTORIC EDEN CEMETERY 1434 SPRINGFIELD RD (COLLINGDALE, PA)

AMERICA’S OLDEST BLACK PUBLIC CEMETERY WITH NEARLY 100,000 INTERMENTS HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY VICTIMIZED THROUGHOUT ITS 108 YEAR HISTORY BY RACIST ATTACKS BEGINNING IN 1902 DURING ITS GRAND OPENING WHEN ANGRY WHITES VIOLENTLY BLOCKADED THE ENTRANCE AND CONTINUING IN RECENT YEARS WITH 200 OVERTURNED AND SPRAY-PAINTED HEADSTONES, GRAVESITE DEFECATION/URINATION, SEX AND DRUG PARTIES, MOTORCYCLE RACING, ARSONS, AND THE SHOOTING DEATH OF THE GUARD DOG. WE NEED YOU TO HELP US BY PERFORMING SERVICES SUCH AS CLEANING, SWEEPING, RAKING, AND PAINTING THE CEMETERY GROUNDS AND ALSO BY DONATING FUNDS FOR THE COST OF A MUCH NEEDED SECURITY FENCE.

SAT., MAY 15, 2010, 10AM

Highlighted Eden Cemetery Ancestors:

• Julian Abele — First African American Architect
• Marian Anderson — Operatic Superstar and Humanitarian
• Jerome Bacon — Eden Cemetery Founder
• Octavius Catto — Voting Rights Martyr
• MOVE Children — Innocent Victims of 1985 Police Firebombing
• Christopher Perry — Philadelphia Tribune Founder
• William Still — Father of Underground Railroad
• Rev. Dr. Charles Tindley — Father of Gospel Music

For info about ATAC, call 215/552-8751 or log onto www.avengingtheancestors.com. For directions to Historic Eden Cemetery, call 610/583-8737.