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Black Civil War veterans in an abandoned Chester County cemetery deserve a memorial

In Westtown Township and across the nation, amateur historians and others are working to preserve abandoned and neglected Black cemeteries.

Joseph Becton, a member of the 3rd Regiment Infantry United States Colored Troops Civil War Re-enactors, carries a U.S. flag in Camden in May 2019.
Joseph Becton, a member of the 3rd Regiment Infantry United States Colored Troops Civil War Re-enactors, carries a U.S. flag in Camden in May 2019.Read moreMatt Rourke / AP
    by Gail Guterl and Stephen Lyons, For The Inquirer
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