by The LCMP Team | Sep 24, 2026 | Newsletters
Fall 2022 Newsletter: Following a Trail of Souls This issue explores the present condition of Laurel Cemetery in Eldersburg, where monuments and some remains were relocated after the original cemetery was demolished. It also profiles educator Roberta Sheridan and...
by The LCMP Team | Sep 24, 2026 | Newsletters
Summer 2022 Newsletter: Origins of the Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project The inaugural LCMP newsletter traces how archaeological discoveries at Laurel Cemetery led to the creation of the Memorial Project. It also highlights the people buried there and ongoing efforts...
by The LCMP Team | Sep 24, 2026 | Newsletters
Winter 2022 Newsletter: Remembering Laurel’s “Ordinary” People This issue centers the lives of everyday people buried at Laurel Cemetery through one family’s discovery of its personal connection to the site. It also profiles George Alexander Hackett and uses...
by The LCMP Team | Sep 24, 2026 | Newsletters
Fall 2023 Newsletter: West Baltimore Archaeology This issue explores archaeological and data-driven research into Baltimore’s African American history, from excavations in West Baltimore to mapping the residences of people buried at Laurel Cemetery. It also examines...
by The LCMP Team | Sep 17, 2026 | Newsletters
Spring 2023 Newsletter: Laurel Cemetery in the Classroom This issue highlights how students and faculty at Coppin State, Johns Hopkins, and Morgan State are using Laurel Cemetery to study Baltimore’s African American history. It also explores Samuel E. Young’s...
by The LCMP Team | Sep 17, 2026 | Newsletters
Summer 2023 Newsletter: The Lost History of Frederick Douglass & Baltimore’s Laurel Cemetery This issue explores Frederick Douglass’s connections to Laurel Cemetery, new genealogical research linking burials to descendants, and the lives of three Black Baltimore...
