Bryan city council receives update of improvements at local African-American cemeteries
Sep 20, 2021 ·
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This podcast contains comments during the September 14, 2021 Bryan city council meeting from mayor Andrew Nelson and councilman Prentiss Madison. Bryan mayor Andrew Nelson announced at the last city...
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This podcast contains comments during the September 14, 2021 Bryan city council meeting from mayor Andrew Nelson and councilman Prentiss Madison.
Bryan mayor Andrew Nelson announced at the last city council meeting of the city receiving an $11,000 dollar matching grant from the Texas Historical Commission.
The grant is for a monument assessment at Grandview and the Freedmen's area of the Bryan city cemetery.
This follows a recent historical marker being placed at Grandview cemetery. Councilman Prentiss Madison credited the effort of local volunteers.
The mayor also applauded volunteer work that is going on outside the city limits at another African American cemetery...the Canaan cemetery...by the local chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Bryan mayor Andrew Nelson announced at the last city council meeting of the city receiving an $11,000 dollar matching grant from the Texas Historical Commission.
The grant is for a monument assessment at Grandview and the Freedmen's area of the Bryan city cemetery.
This follows a recent historical marker being placed at Grandview cemetery. Councilman Prentiss Madison credited the effort of local volunteers.
The mayor also applauded volunteer work that is going on outside the city limits at another African American cemetery...the Canaan cemetery...by the local chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution.
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