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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian07 Oct 2022 8:08 p.m. PST

For the past century, a row of military graves in Tacoma's Oakwood Hill Cemetery has been conspicuously gap toothed. Only a patch of grass has marked the final resting place of David Franklin, Tacoma's only Black naval Civil War veteran…

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KSmyth08 Oct 2022 10:52 a.m. PST

What a great story. I consider Tacoma my home town and will need to make a trip to Oakwood Hill Cemetary. Thanks for sharing this Bill.

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