A new monument honoring civil rights icon Dred Scott was dedicated in St. Louis, fulfilling his great-granddaughter’s dream and preserving his legacy.
A brand-new Dred Scott memorial monument was put up during the Fall of 2023 and was dedicated in late September.
This was a dream that became a reality for Dred and Harriet Scott’s great, great-granddaughter who organized the fundraising for the monument. The original grave markers as well as Harriet’s cenotaph have been removed to make way for the new monument, which was made to help people find the Scotts’ grave better as well as preserving the memory of Dred Scott’s legacy.
It is located in Calvary Cemetery (in my original Calvary video, I visited Scott’s site before the monument was placed) in St. Louis, Missouri.
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