Floyd County Historical Society
Elizabeth Grennan Browning, curator of Hoosier Lifelines
will present "Environmental & Social Change Along the Monon" 1847-2020.
7pm Tuesday August 24th at the Carnegie Center, 201 East Spring Street, New Albany
Visit the museum exhibits about the Monon from 5pm to 7pm before the talk
Tim Allen and Pam Peters
will present "Freedomland Cemetery, a perspective"
7pm Tuesday September 28th in the Elsa Strassweg Auditorium,
of the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library at 180 West Spring Street, COVID permitting.
From the mid-1800s to approximately 1915, the "Colored People's Burial Grounds" (as it was known on the deed records) in Floyd Co. Indiana was the primary burial place for Floyd Co.'s Black population.
The site, in excess of 4 acres in size, is literally covered with ancient graves. A conservative estimate is that there are 300 people buried here. Because of the enormous size of the cemetery and the density of field stone markers, some believe the actual number is a good deal higher.
This is Our Community is given to all third graders in the county and is used to satisfy the Indiana History course requirement for all students in private, parochial, and public schools.
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Kraig McNutt, Civil War history blogger,
will present via ZOOM: "Civil War Jeffersonville"
Mr. McNutt runs the largest Civil War history page on Facebook. His research extends not only to the great deeds of the Civil War, but into his own family.
He is the descendant of several Union veterans. His presentation for Falls of the Ohio Genealogical Society and Jeffersonville Township Public Library will focus on Civil War sites in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
