A campaign to identify nameless graves in Mecklenburg County has resulted in the planting of approximately 180 flags at burial sites along Ridge Road and Morehead Road.
The campaign seeks to preserve the memory of what is regarded as an African American burial place, where the Siloam Presbyterian Church formerly stood before burning down in 1958.
“With all of the new development and things that have been built around it, we just want to make sure that our ancestors and everybody here is not forgotten,” said Denise Turner, a relative of someone buried at the site…