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Mt. Hope Cemetery Exhibit at Raleigh City Museum- May 2022
RCCP collaborated with the Raleigh City Museum to help fund and research their exhibit, “Sacred Spaces, Sacred Stories – The Story of Mount Hope.” The exhibit used a QR code to access an audio tour we helped create for the cemetery. RCCP’s program for the exhibit opening featured historian Alan Welsh, who read his research […]
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Indy Week covers Juneteenth gathering at City Cemetery
On June 19, 2020 a group of Raleigh citizens gathered to pay respect to the enslaved people interred at City Cemetery. Not a “celebration” of Juneteenth, but a quiet tribute by volunteers who came to clear debris from about 30 headstones. Follow this link to read the whole story.
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Cato Plaque Dedication
A plaque dedication ceremony was held in memory of Cato, an enslaved bookbinder who worked for William Boylan at his printing press in Raleigh. Boylan published a newspaper, The Raleigh Minerva, where Cato’s obituary was published in 1811- a remarkable and most unusual tribute to an enslaved person. Cato’s obituary was discovered by RCCP board […]
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In Memoriam
Our friend and colleague Dean Ruedrich, an extraordinary and dedicated restoration preservationist, died of leukemia on February 2, 2019. RCCP’s success would not have been possible without our partnership with Dean, which began in 2006. Dean was lead designer for our restoration work within three city-owned historic cemeteriesDean’s fine work in City Cemetery includes restoration […]
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