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Concord Prison Outreach, with a mission to increase education, personal growth and opportunities for inmates and their families, pays attention to the deceased through Naming the Unnamed.
Naming Dedication at The Concord Reformatory Cemetery Take a moment to watch the
From 1878 until 1996, the Concord Prison Cemetery became the final resting place for 218 men who died while incarcerated, buried in numbered graves, with no name. The cemetery is marked by a large cement cross, mounted on a cement pedestal, visible from Route 2.
We recognize the individuals buried in the prison cemetery as people, not numbers; as we turn the markers into monuments and honor those who died while in custody. Explore this marker gallery in your own quest to put names to the numbers.
Explore this interactive map as you put names to the 218 forgotten men who died while incarcerated in the Massachusetts prison system between 1878 and 1996 and are laid to rest in the Concord Prison Cemetery.
A multi-faceted community-based project, "Naming the Unnamed" memorializes 218 men buried at the Concord Reformatory Cemetery, bringing this historic place forward as an integral part of Concord’s future.
The Concord Reformatory opened in 1878, with seven men interned to the cemetery in it's first year. Over it's 118 year time span, 218 graves dotted this small hill in Concord, MA.
Learn more about the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail and the upcoming plans for a contemplative seating area paying respect to the 218 men laid to rest in the Concord Prison Cemetery.
Concord Prison Outreach, with a mission to increase education, personal growth and opportunities for inmates and their families, pays attention to the deceased through Naming the Unnamed.
It was March 6, 2023, when the CPO Concord Cemetery Advisory group originally conducted a site visit to determine how the ADA pathway design could best serve all visitors at the project site.
CONCORD PRISON OUTREACH
100 Main St Suite 130, Concord, MA 01742
Outreach@concordprisonoutreach.org | (978) 369-1430
Tax ID / EIN 04-3439438 / Contact Sam Williams – Executive Director
CONCORD PRISON OUTREACH
100 Main St Suite 130, Concord, MA 01742
Outreach@concordprisonoutreach.org | (978) 369-1430
Tax ID / EIN 04-3439438 / Contact Sam Williams – Executive Director
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