Memorial Park Cemetery means the world to Noreen Copeland-Miller.
“Our black soldiers could not be buried anywhere else where there’s white soldiers. So that’s why it’s over 900 soldiers in that cemetery,” she said. “I am so excited and happy that the city is going to honor them, and respect them and do what’s right. And just, it’s exciting. I know my grandfather’s smiling from heaven.”
Her excitement comes from plans to restore the existing historic marker.
During Thursday’s City of Tampa Community Redevelopment Agency meeting, Councilman Luis Viera explained how the idea came about.
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