Eden Cemetery
-
Delaware County Is Home to 4 of Top 5 Most Affordable Philadelphia Suburbs
Staying in one of Philadelphia’s lower-cost boroughs can help travelers stretch their budgets. The surrounding suburbs also offer long-term savings for those considering a permanent…
-
Remembering Delaware County’s Black Baseball Players
The Eden Cemetery in Collingdale is the final resting place for about 17 ball players from the Negro Leagues. But you’d never know it. The…
-
The Foundation for Delaware County Announces Black History Month Events
Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Also known…
-
Cemeteries Like Eden in Darby Offer History and an Escape to Nature
Beyond the intended purpose for cemeteries, they are a natural refuge from the concrete and asphalt of urban and suburban life, places like Eden Cemetery,…
-
Work Underway to Preserve Collingdale’s Eden Cemetery Archives
Eden Cemetery in Collingdale is the final resting place for many influential Black Philadelphians, including Absalom Jones, Marian Anderson, Octavius Catto, Julian Abele, Frances Harper,…
-
Finding African American History at Darby Borough’s Eden Cemetery
A visit to a local cemetery can offer peace and quiet outdoors away from the confines of your home, writes Claire Sasko for phillymag.com. Eden…
-
Aaron Burr’s Son, John, Finally Gets a Headstone for His Burial Plot at Eden Cemetery in Collingdale
Aaron Burr, the United States vice president who shot dead Alexander Hamilton in a duel, had two children of color with Mary Emmons, an Indian…
-
Neglected African-American Cemetery in Marple Township May Finally Get Historical Recognition
Some forgotten African-American cemeteries in the region are about to get historical recognition, thanks to a pair of new statewide programs, writes Kristin Holmes for…
-
Collingdale’s Eden Cemetery Holds Corpses That Survived Infamous Grave Robber
Among the memorial stones in Collingdale’s Eden Cemetery are the buried remains of African-Americans who survived one of Philadelphia’s gravest injustices. In 1903, what remained…
Founding Partners
Advertisement
Affiliate Partners
Chamber Partners
