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In 1922, Lewis purchased the Memphis Red Sox, a baseball team in the Negro leagues. He also financed the construction of Martin Stadium (sometimes called "Lewis Park") in Memphis. At the time, the city's hotels were racially segregated, and opposing team members were lodged at the funeral home. [1] [2]
Mount Auburn Cemetery, located in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, is the first rural or garden cemetery in the United States. It is the burial site of many prominent Boston Brahmins , and is a National Historic Landmark .
There is an important instance in which burial at Mt, Auburn was proposed, but did not happen: the abolitionist John Brown, executed by Virginia in 1859. His friend Wendell Phillips, meeting the funeral party in Troy, New York, hoped to take the body to Boston for burial in Mount Auburn Cemetery, [1] as Charles Turner Torrey had been.
Notable sites in South Memphis include The firehouse known as The Black Arts Alliance, Stax Museum, most famously Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion, LeMoyne-Owen College, Thomas B. Davis YMCA, Crystal Palace Skating Rink, T.O. Fuller State Park, Southgate Shopping Center, Southland Mall and the historic cemeteries Zion, Rose Hill, Mt Carmel, New Park, [2] and Elmwood.
Memorial Park Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee) Memphis National Cemetery This page was last edited on 10 May 2023, at 15:16 (UTC). Text is ...
Memorial Park Cemetery was founded in 1924 by E. Clovis Hinds on initial 54 acres (.22 km 2). [2] It is located at 5668 Poplar Avenue in Memphis , Tennessee. Different species of trees of different ages, as well as bushes, can be found throughout the cemetery, enhancing the atmosphere of a park-like setting.
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Memorial of John R. Brinkley at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown (in 2011) Grave of William Robert Moore at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown. Estelle Axton (1918–2004), record executive and co-founder of Stax Records [8] Packy Axton (1941–1974), American musician [9] Bill Black (1926–1965), American bassist who worked with Elvis Presley [10]