In the words of White, "Butler's cemetery is hallowed ground and sacred ground." The private cemetery is the final resting place for eight Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War.

Dempsey Butler Cemetery, a small, historically Black veterans' graveyard was barren and neglected just five years ago. Tucked behind homes and adjacent to a larger cemetery, the burial ground was ...

CAMDEN — "Oh, look at the beauty of it!" Margaret Baines exclaimed when she saw the new monument at the entrance of Dempsey Butler Cemetery, a tiny pocket park off Ferry Avenue in Camden.

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