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Above: Nadia Klementsen, left and Tracy Hill, both
members of Girl Scouts, look among headstones and
memorials during their visit to the neglected and
abandoned St. Mary’s Cemetery, nestled among a
grove of forest trees cradled by Pebble Beach Drive.
Left: A cross leans on a rusting iron fence at St. Mary’s
Cemetery, a segregated burial ground that served as
the final resting place for 160 Americans — 84 Black
and 76 white. PHOTOS BY KARL MERTON FERRON
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