African American Cemetery

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African American Cemetery sits on top of a hill overlooking Lake Arlington to the South and Handley to the North.

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The Cemetery is cared for by The Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church 1901 Aminda Ave Fort Worth.

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East Lancaster, Spur 303 and the Railroad run parallel to the Cemetery.
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Because of it’s out of the way location, it is subject to vandalism.
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It is said the Cemetery has over 600 graves, but only a hundred or so have markers.
A lot of these markers are just a rock in the ground.
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Sometimes you will see a penny or a nickel on a Grave. That means that someone
who cares for you has visited your Grave.
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View Of Lake Arlington to the South. That was a Valley before Lake Arlington was put in.
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View of Handley to the North.