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Lincoln Memorial Park was first used as a graveyard in 1924 on land owned by a F.B. Miller (a white realtor). In 1929, the burial ground was purchased by Kelsey Pharr, who was a black funeral director. Mr. Pharr was a native of South Carolina, who had studied embalming in Boston and had moved to Miami in the early 1900s.
Woodlawn Park Cemetery–North was established in 1913 by three pioneers in Miami's early history – Thomas O. Wilson, William N. Urmey and Clifton D. Benson. The Woodlawn group of cemeteries grew throughout the years, and funeral homes were added as well.
Some were burned in funeral pyres, while many were placed into mass graves, [4] including about 1,600 in Port Mayaca, 674 at the pauper's cemetery in West Palm Beach, at least 22 in Miami Locks (now known as Lake Harbor), 28 in Ortona, and 22 in Sebring. There were also unconfirmed reports of bodies buried in Loxahatchee. After the burials were ...
Blacks & Miami Beach. Black young people began to see South Florida as a travel destination, not only during spring break but also Memorial Day after the debut of Will Smith’s wildly popular hip ...
The Miami Beach Architectural District (also known as Old Miami Beach Historic District and the more popular term Miami Art Deco District) is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on May 14, 1979) located in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida. The area is well known as the district where Italian fashion designer Gianni ...
After days in the sun, identification of victims was impossible. Fearful of disease, officials buried bodies as quickly as possible.” [6] (For the 674 black or unknown race victims, see Hurricane of 1928 African-American Mass Burial Site.) E. M. Brelsford, Palm Beach's first postmaster and first store owner. See Brelsford House.
The seeds of change were planted in Miami Beach in the late 1970s and into the ‘80s. The first two renovated Art Deco hotels, the Cardozo and the Carlyle, reopened in 1978. Vacant storefronts ...
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