Friends of Halfway African American Cemetery

11027 Clinton Avenue
Hagerstown, MD 21740
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Days Open: Daily
Hours: Dawn to Dusk

Founded in 1897, Halfway Cemetery was active for 35 years and is the burial place of nearly 400 black citizens of Hagerstown, including fifteen Civil War veterans, a World War I veteran, a midwife, a Pullman porter, a teacher, a pastor, a nurse, a Storer College student, a civil servant, property owners, musicians, restaurateurs, domestic workers, hotel employees, manual laborers, and many small children. The cemetery was abandoned for many years and is now being restored.

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