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Memorial for Tucson's Historic Cemetery
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Memorial for Tucson's Historic Cemetery

  • Jun 26, 2010
  • Jun 26, 2010 Updated Jun 26, 2010

From 2006-2008 during downtown development, Pima County exhumed about 1,300 individuals from Tucson's Historical Cemetery, now the northeast corner of Alameda and Stone in downtown. About 1,200 of the individual's remains were moved to a memorial site at All Faith's Cemetery, where the memorial was dedicated in a ceremony June 26, 2010.

Memorial Dedication

Memorial Dedication
Hector Soza, president of Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson, releases a pigeon during a dedication ceremony for a memorial for Tucson's historic cemetery at All Faiths Cemetery June 26, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. Pima County exhumed the remains of about 1,300 individuals from Tucson's historic cemetery at what is now the northeast corner of Alameda and Stone in downtown. About 1,200 individuals remains have been reburied at the site of the memorial. The remaining 100 were repatriated for reburial between the Arizona Department of Veteran's Services, the Tohono O'odham Nation, and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. James Gregg

Memorial Dedication

Memorial Dedication
Ted Ramirez played live music during a dedication ceremony for a memorial for Tucson's historic cemetery at All Faiths Cemetery June 26, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. Pima County exhumed the remains of about 1,300 individuals from Tucson's historic cemetery at what is now the northeast corner of Alameda and Stone in downtown. About 1,200 individuals remains have been reburied at the site of the memorial. The remaining 100 were repatriated for reburial between the Arizona Department of Veteran's Services, the Tohono O'odham Nation, and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. James Gregg

Memorial Dedication

Memorial Dedication
Bishop of Tucson Gerald F. Kicanas performs a prayer during a dedication ceremony for a memorial for Tucson's historic cemetery at All Faiths Cemetery June 26, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. Pima County exhumed the remains of about 1,300 individuals from Tucson's historic cemetery at what is now the northeast corner of Alameda and Stone in downtown. About 1,200 individuals remains have been reburied at the site of the memorial. The remaining 100 were repatriated for reburial between the Arizona Department of Veteran's Services, the Tohono O'odham Nation, and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. James Gregg

Memorial Dedication

Memorial Dedication
Names of both known and unknown individuals are written on a memorial for Tucson's historic cemetery at All Faiths Cemetery June 26, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. Pima County exhumed the remains of about 1,300 individuals from Tucson's historic cemetery at what is now the northeast corner of Alameda and Stone in downtown. About 1,200 individuals remains have been reburied at the site of the memorial. The remaining 100 were repatriated for reburial between the Arizona Department of Veteran's Services, the Tohono O'odham Nation, and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. James Gregg

Memorial Dedication

Memorial Dedication
The flag of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe adorns flowers set at a memorial for Tucson's historic cemetery at All Faiths Cemetery June 26, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. Pima County exhumed the remains of about 1,300 individuals from Tucson's historic cemetery at what is now the northeast corner of Alameda and Stone in downtown. About 1,200 individuals remains have been reburied at the site of the memorial. The remaining 100 were repatriated for reburial between the Arizona Department of Veteran's Services, the Tohono O'odham Nation, and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. James Gregg

Memorial Dedication

Memorial Dedication
Roxanna Carrillo Lovio searches a list of names for her family ancestors at a memorial for Tucson's historic cemetery at All Faiths Cemetery June 26, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. Pima County exhumed the remains of about 1,300 individuals from Tucson's historic cemetery at what is now the northeast corner of Alameda and Stone in downtown. About 1,200 individuals remains have been reburied at the site of the memorial. The remaining 100 were repatriated for reburial between the Arizona Department of Veteran's Services, the Tohono O'odham Nation, and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. James Gregg

Memorial Dedication

Memorial Dedication
A memorial for Tucson's historic cemetery stands at All Faiths Cemetery June 26, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. Pima County exhumed the remains of about 1,300 individuals from Tucson's historic cemetery at what is now the northeast corner of Alameda and Stone in downtown. About 1,200 individuals remains have been reburied at the site of the memorial. The remaining 100 were repatriated for reburial between the Arizona Department of Veteran's Services, the Tohono O'odham Nation, and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. James Gregg

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