Local African-American cemeteries topic of program

(YDR) Small cemeteries dot the York County landscape, some attached to country churches, others small family plots on ancestral farmland.
The York County Heritage Trust is presenting a program about African-American cemeteries at 5 p.m. Saturday in York.
The Beatty family cemetery -- sometimes called the Batty's Chapel, River Hills Cemetery or Black Diamond -- is different because it is one of the few African-American cemeteries throughout the county. Continued

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