The Woodland Restoration Foundation, a group dedicated to preserving the grounds of Woodland Cemetery, is in the process of fundraising and renovating the Eastern Henrico cemetery’s former chapel into a museum to house artifacts and memorabilia of those interred at Woodland. Woodland Cemetery, established in 1917 and located just north of I-64 at Mechanicsville Turnpike, is the second-largest historically African American cemetery in the area at 29 acres, next to the 60-acre Evergreen Cemetery. Woodland was created two years before perpetual care in cemeteries was required legally. Marvin Harris, the cemetery’s owner and the creator of the Woodland Restoration Foundation,...Article LinkSupport the show (http://henricocitizen.com/contribute)