When I come home, my first stop is always my father’s grave and then around the corner to Odd Fellows and Vick Cemeteries. 

Today, there was something I had to see for myself.

This really is a handsome marker. Deeply incised. Solid. Substantial. 

One of the corner markers. Its careful placement, guided by archaeologists, starkly contrasts to the violence that attended the installation of the wooden power pole and the five guy wires that tether it and the adjacent steel pole. I recognize and appreciate the shifts in perspective and commitment among city leadership that brought us to this place. 

Photos by Lisa Y. Henderson, July 2026.