Lafayette Cemetery memorial now lists around 200 unrecorded names

A new plaque at the northeast corner of the Lafayette Cemetery lists about 200 names of people who were buried there without recognition from the city.

The plaque with the list of names, dedicated during a Friday ceremony, was recently placed next to two existing plaques at the Lafayette Cemetery’s “potter’s field” area, a term historically used to describe burial grounds for individuals who were unidentified, unclaimed or whose families could not afford private burial arrangements…

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