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Tag: Oakwood Cemetery

Pomp and Circumstance is Not Historic Preservation

Posted on December 17, 2019January 7, 2020 by Fred McGhee

In a sign of how backwards and behind the times historic preservation is in Austin, the newly installed (permanent) director of Austin’s Parks department issued this memo to the Assistant City Manager about the burials desecration “burgeoning scandal” at Oakwood Cemetery. Sadly and predictably, the memo does not address the concerns and questions I have […]

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Austin Doesn’t Give a Shit About Dead Negroes Either

Posted on December 11, 2019December 15, 2019 by Fred McGhee

It is a burgeoning scandal that is as unfortunate as it was predicted. The City of Austin is facing fresh questions about the handling of renovations to the “Chapel” at Oakwood Cemetery, the city’s oldest official burial ground. Facts have arisen that appear to indicate that the city not only gave the go-ahead to excavate […]

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