Episode 47- Oakwood Cemetery - Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Jennie and Dianne take you to one of Ohio's most beautiful garden cemeteries, Oakwood Cemetery in Cuyahoga Falls. In this episode they explore the lives of a teacher and a gentleman farmer, a self-made man who was one of Cuyahoga Falls' best know citizens, a man who began his career on the factory floor making tires and worked his way up to become the CEO of Goodyear tires, a poet, and the discovery and marking of the graves of freed slaves. As we always say. "Every death had a life and every life had a story", in this Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery.
Resources used to research this episode include:
A special thank you to Jason Plants for the suggestion to cover Oakwood Cemetery and for all the links, photos and history he shared.
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Price, Mark J. "I was so inspired by what we could do for them.’ Juneteenth ceremony honors former slaves buried in Cuyahoga Falls ." https://www.beaconjournal.com/. 18 June 2021, www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2021/06/18/juneteenth-ceremony-honor-former-slaves-buried-oakwood-cemetery-cuyahoga-falls/7730271002/. Accessed 15 Aug. 2021.
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