Odd Fellow Rest Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.
Odd Fellow Rest Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.
Odd Fellow Rest Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.
Odd Fellow Rest Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.
Odd Fellow Rest Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.
Odd Fellow Rest Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.
Odd Fellow Rest Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.
Odd Fellow Rest Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.
Odd Fellow Rest Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.
Odd Fellow Rest Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.
Odd Fellow Rest Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.
Odd Fellow Rest Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.
Odd Fellow Rest Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.
Odd Fellow Rest Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.
Images from an impromptu visit to Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery in New Orleans, established by a benevolent society in 1849. Because it was technically outside the city limits when it was built, it was one of the few places where African-Americans could purchase plots, which were otherwise denied to them. It is therefore one of the few of the above-ground cemeteries to house the resting places of both black and white people, side by side.
Sadly, the cemetery has been vandalized a number of times through the years, and has seen better days. Perhaps by means of photos such as these, more attention and help will come to secure the long-term survival of the Odd Fellows Rest for many years to come.
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