Those little lozenges where the grass is growing greener and lusher? These are the ancestors revealed in plain sight. launched a drone over Vick recently, thinking to snag a few images as mementoes of his time in Wilson. … and revealing the stark truth of Vick Cemetery. Henderson.ġ1 Comments Lane Street Project: seek and ye shall find.ĭrought has seized Wilson County, leaving wild grasses brown and brittle. Posted in Births Deaths Marriages, City of Wilson, Institutions, Land, Protest, Segregation and tagged ground-penetrating radar, Lane Street Project, Vick cemetery on Apby Lisa Y. And the City was in no hurry to tell you about it. For now, I shame the devil by sharing its heart - the revelation that Vick Cemetery holds at least 4224 dead. It will take me a minute to digest this document and pull together my thoughts on its significance for past and future. My first emotional response was disappointment, followed closely by anger. (Having heard nothing about the results of the survey, I assumed I would be told the report had not yet been completed and was not yet available.) Last week, via public records request to the City of Wilson, I asked for a copy of the GPR report.
In June 2022, New South Associates conducted a ground-penetrating radar survey of Vick Cemetery. Henderson.ģ Comments Lane Street Project: Vick Cemetery revealed. Posted in Births Deaths Marriages, City of Wilson, Land, Photographs and tagged desecration, ground-penetrating radar, Lane Street Project, Vick cemetery on Apby Lisa Y. Assuming these lines belong to Wilson Energy, how did the city overlook the fact that it was planting enormous metal poles through its own cemetery? (A third stands in Rountree Cemetery.) Utility poles stand in public easements.
Note also the graves lying under the concrete sidewalk leading to the central monument, marked in green. The orange-bordered block is part of the parking lot. New South Associates’ Results and Recommendations as set forth in their report, Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey to Prospect for Unmarked Graves in the Vick Cemetery (31W元84):īelow, detail from Grid 9, the northeast corner of the cemetery.
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