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Judea Cemetery

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Judea Cemetery is the site of a monument in honor of "Jeff Liberty and His Colored Patriots", erected in the early 20th century. The cemetery is thought to be the resting place of a number of African-American soldiers who served in the
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Judea Cemetery
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Washington
Connecticut
Coordinates
41°37′33″N 73°18′02″W / 41.6257888°N 73.3005206°W / 41.6257888; -73.3005206
Find a Grave
Judea Cemetery
colonial era
Washington, Connecticut
Woodbury, Connecticut
American Revolutionary War
Jonathan Farrand
Continental Army
Edward S. Aarons
"Judea Cemetery Commission"
ISBN
978-0786470112
ISBN
978-1425175788
Town of Washington, Connecticut
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Judea Cemetery
Judea Cemetery
Find a Grave
Edit this at Wikidata
Categories
African-American cemeteries in Connecticut
African Americans in the American Revolution
Cemeteries in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Washington, Connecticut

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