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[[St. Michael's Cemetery]] is an historic eight-acre cemetery in [[downtown Pensacola]]. It is home to 3,200 marked burials and many others that are unmarked. Its earliest use dates back to [[1781]], making it one of the oldest burial sites in Florida, but was formally surveyed and designated a cemetery in [[1807]] and remained the only burial ground in Pensacola until [[1876]], when [[St. John's Cemetery]] was created. | [[St. Michael's Cemetery]] is an historic eight-acre cemetery in [[downtown Pensacola]]. It is home to 3,200 marked burials and many others that are unmarked. Its earliest use dates back to [[1781]], making it one of the oldest burial sites in Florida, but was formally surveyed and designated a cemetery in [[1807]] and remained the only burial ground in Pensacola until [[1876]], when [[St. John's Cemetery]] was created. | ||
− | The cemetery was deeded to the [[City of Pensacola]] | + | The cemetery was deeded to the [[City of Pensacola]] in [[1964]], and later to the State of Florida. In June [[2000]], the cemetery became an official project of ''Save America's Treasures'', a partnership between the White House Millennium Council and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Now designated as a state park and administered by a volunteer organization, St. Michael's Cemetery Foundation of Pensacola, Inc., the cemetery is in an ongoing process of conservation and restoration that will eventually see the addition of new walkways and support buildings. |
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==Historic Residents== | ==Historic Residents== | ||
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