{"id":918,"date":"2022-01-19T20:49:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T01:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsofgeercemetery.org\/?page_id=918"},"modified":"2023-05-23T12:37:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T16:37:19","slug":"descendants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsofgeercemetery.org\/index.php\/about\/descendants\/","title":{"rendered":"Descendants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote is-style-default\"><blockquote><p>History gets written down in books but, like archeology, it can seep up from the earth itself, from a loamy underground of sacred, ancient things: gravestones tucked under elms and tangled by vines; iron-nailed coffins trapped beneath pavement and parking lots and highway overpasses&#8230;.Who owns these graveyards? Who owns these bones? Who owns, and what is owed?<\/p><cite><em>Jill Lepore, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2021\/10\/04\/when-black-history-is-unearthed-who-gets-to-speak-for-the-dead\">When Black History Is Unearthed, Who Gets to Speak for the Dead?<\/a>&#8221; <\/em><br>The New Yorker<em><em>,<\/em> 27 September 2021<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that the future of Geer Cemetery belongs to those with the strongest ties to its past: the descendants of those buried there. Our mission includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reaching out to descendants.<\/li><li>Sharing our research with them, and sharing their histories, photos, and memories with the world.<\/li><li>Providing them opportunities to meet and learn about each other.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, contact us at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:descendants@friendsofgeercemetery.org\" target=\"_blank\">descendants<\/a><a href=\"mailto:descendants@friendsofgeercemetery.org\">@friendsofgeercemetery.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History gets written down in books but, like archeology, it can seep up from the earth itself, from a loamy underground of sacred, ancient things: gravestones tucked under elms and tangled by vines; iron-nailed coffins trapped beneath pavement and parking lots and highway overpasses&#8230;.Who owns these graveyards? Who owns these bones? Who owns, and what&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofgeercemetery.org\/index.php\/about\/descendants\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Descendants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":325,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-918","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Debra Taylor","author_link":"https:\/\/friendsofgeercemetery.org\/index.php\/author\/taylorggdl\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":null,"rttpg_excerpt":"History gets written down in books but, like archeology, it can seep up from the earth itself, from a loamy underground of sacred, ancient things: gravestones tucked under elms and tangled by vines; iron-nailed coffins trapped beneath pavement and parking lots and highway overpasses&#8230;.Who owns these graveyards? Who owns these bones? Who owns, and what&hellip;&nbsp;Read&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofgeercemetery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofgeercemetery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofgeercemetery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofgeercemetery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofgeercemetery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofgeercemetery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2757,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofgeercemetery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/918\/revisions\/2757"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofgeercemetery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofgeercemetery.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}