It took 2.5 years for the news of the Emancipation Proclamation to reach Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865. And another 150 years for Juneteenth to be recognized as an official American holiday. The struggle for justice and inclusion is far from finished. At Melwood, we understand that every step we take toward full inclusion of all our citizens represents an advance in that significant journey.
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This is an important, substantial, well-researched and frankly, likely controversial work by my friend, Kara Kavensky. Published today in the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper, "Leaders and legacies: The rich history of those buried at Greenlawn Cemetery" tells a more complete version of something you've probably not heard about or heard only parts of. While I am a big fan of economic development, I am also a big fan of historic preservation, having been a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Indiana Landmarks for over two decades. Right now there is a project underway to build a new bridge, new buildings, and a new stadium for the Indy Eleven Professional Soccer team which promises to be yet another great gem on the Indianapolis skyline. But at the current course and speed, it will be at the expense of something else of great importance - quite literally the paving over (again) of the city's original and most historic cemetery that was once filled with civic leaders and former slaves alike. It's been said that death is the great equalizer, but not here: many of the remains were moved later, but not all of them, and surely not those of the most disadvantaged. The RIGHT way to do this is to simply add some more money to the bond issuance to properly excavate and archeologically document and move the rest of the remains. Yes it will make the project more expensive for the city (and all of us by translation who pay for government here), but I find the alternative the ultimate in disrespect to those who built Indianapolis before us.
