Memorial Park Home  |  History  |  Lincoln Cemetery  |  From Cemetery to Park |  Railroad Station  |  Community Voices   |   Cemeteries as Sites of Discrimination   | Photo Gallery |  Historical Resources Community Voices by Claire Jordy & Gibson Holland There is a substantial dearth in the amount of reporting conducted on the Lincoln Cemetery’s conversion into...

Memorial Park Home  |  History  |  Lincoln Cemetery  |  From Cemetery to Park |  Railroad Station  |  Community Voices   |   Cemeteries as Sites of Discrimination   | Photo Gallery |  Historical Resources From Cemetery to Park by Caly McCarthy   Over the years, the Borough’s neglect of Lincoln Cemetery had yielded a high crime area, and one that was a frequent...

Memorial Park Home  |  History  |  Lincoln Cemetery  |  From Cemetery to Park |  Railroad Station  |  Community Voices   |   Cemeteries as Sites of Discrimination   | Photo Gallery |  Historical Resources Cemeteries as Sites of Discrimination by Gillian Horn   Before Memorial Park was a recreational site, it was an African American burial ground named...

Memorial Park Home  |  History  |  Lincoln Cemetery  |  From Cemetery to Park |  Railroad Station  |  Community Voices   |   Cemeteries as Sites of Discrimination   | Photo Gallery |  Historical Resources Railroad Station by Madeline Kauffman Hope Station, the railroad station that stands on Memorial Park, used to be known as Passenger Station in the early-to-mid...

Memorial Park Home  |  History  |  Lincoln Cemetery  |  From Cemetery to Park |  Railroad Station  |  Community Voices   |   Cemeteries as Sites of Discrimination   | Photo Gallery |  Historical Resources Lincoln Cemetery by Caly McCarthy   When the Penn Family founded Carlisle in the 18th century, they set aside one plot of land to serve as an African American...

Memorial Park Home  |  History  |  Lincoln Cemetery  |  From Cemetery to Park |  Railroad Station  |  Community Voices   |   Cemeteries as Sites of Discrimination   | Photo Gallery |  Historical Resources Memorial Park Historical Resources Burg, Steven B. “The North Queen Street Cemetery and the African-American Experience in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.”...