Saturday, October 22nd 2016, from 12-1pm, at East End Cemetery (50 Evergreen Road, Richmond VA), the East End Cemetery Cleanup & Restoration Project will be replacing the missing headstone of Dr. Tancil, and are inviting the public to attend.
From the event description: "Dr. Richard F. Tancil was born into slavery in 1852, and went on to earn an MD from Howard University. He set up a medical practice in Richmond's Church Hill neighborhood, where he also founded a bank. According to his great-granddaughter-in-law, the family archivist, he was beloved by his wife, children, and grandchildren, who remembered him as funny, generous, and kind."
From the Project's website: "East End is a historic African American cemetery in Henrico County, Virginia. Established in 1897 next to Evergreen Cemetery, East End is the final resting place of an estimated 13,000 people, among them some of the most prominent black Richmonders of the turn of the 20th century. Decades of neglect had obscured their graves and thousands of others beneath tangles of ivy, brush, and illegally dumped trash. Since June 2013, a small group of regular volunteers, along with many students and Richmond-area residents, have been working to reveal them, slowly uncovering not just long-buried headstones but an entire community."
Free, open to the public. To RSVP, see this link.
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