Archaeologists on Wednesday confirmed they found an additional 258 graves from a destroyed African American cemetery underneath a Clearwater business property and extending out to the adjacent paved road.
This brings the total number of discovered graves from the St. Matthews Baptist Church Cemetery to 328.
Senior archaeologist with Cardno, Erin McKendry, presented the findings during the Clearwater African American Cemeteries Memorial Committee meeting, hosted by the Clearwater/Upper Pinellas Branch of the NAACP.
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