Hidden Heroes: Rockwall cemetery honoring African American veterans gains historic recognition

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Hidden Heroes: Rockwall cemetery honoring African American veterans gains historic recognition

ROCKWALL, TX (April 1, 2025) Most residents of Rockwall are not aware that tucked away in a quiet residential neighborhood is a cemetery where World War I and World War II African American veterans are buried. Gardenhire Cemetery is at the corner of Spring Creek Drive and Woodpark Drive in the subdivision Ridge Road Village. […]

Rockwall unites to preserve historic African-American cemetery

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Rockwall unites to preserve historic African-American cemetery

ROCKWALL, TX (May 3, 2021) The newly formed Glen Hill Cemetery Preservation Society, city officials, and family cemetery owners have come together to preserve and restore Glen Hill Cemetery, a historic African-American cemetery in Rockwall. This 1.27-acre cemetery near the present-day Harbor development is the only remaining vestige of what was once a thriving African-American section […]