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Further down 59 on the San Bernard River & Fort Bend/Wharton County Line...

Kendleton

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Fort Bend County to invest in new African-American memorial park to honor one of first freedmen’s towns in Texas

Part of Bates Allen Park will be redeveloped, including the preservation of two historic black cemeteries and a memorial to honor Fort Bend County’s sometimes-forgotten African-American History.

ASHLEY BROWN
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 28, 2023, 2:42 PM
(LAST UPDATED: MARCH 1, 2023, 1:20 PM)

Fort Bend County announced on Monday a $4 million investment for the creation of a new African-American Memorial at a park in Kendleton, southwest of Rosenberg. The community was one the first freedmen's towns in Texas – founded by freed slaves in the 1860s.

Part of Bates Allen Park will be redeveloped, including the preservation of two historic black cemeteries and a memorial to honor Fort Bend County's sometimes-forgotten African-American History.

Fort Bend County is one of three counties in Texas with official accounts of lynching and African-American history that range from accounts of lynching, slavery, convict-leasing and the establishment of Freedmen's Town and the first-ever Black elected officials.

Precinct 4 Commissioner Dexter L. McCoy said creating the memorial allows people to learn about untold history in Fort Bend County.

"We have a really unique opportunity here in Fort Bend to tell the full story about the Black experience in this country," he said.

The site will include a series of trails, one that will connect the two Black historic cemeteries, Newman Chapel Cemetery and Oak Hill Cemetery to a Juneteenth Plaza reflection pond, a 3-story tall monument, and potentially a learning center.

"For our team, this is about nonrenewable assets in our community," said Daimian Hines, the architect and founder of Hines Architecture and Designs. "We need to preserve them, we need to celebrate them, and we need to pay reverence."