"Freedom Summer" Memorial Tree - Memorial Grove - Pennsauken, NJ
N 39° 55.617 W 075° 03.526
18S E 494978 N 4419651
This is a Civil Rights memorial dedicated to a specific event and persons placed near the banks of the Cooper River, in Memorial Grove, within Cooper River Park.
Waymark Code: WM4F4Y
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 08/15/2008
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Although this particular site does not hold any significant meaning for the Civil Rights Movement of the 50s and 60s (and still today), it is an appropriate place for this tree and tribute to the people who died in the struggle for equality.
The plaque reads:
"This memorial grove grows in memory of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner who were murdered in the fight for civil rights in "Freedom Summer," Mississippi, 1964.
May their selfless example inspire us today in our continued struggle to obtain Human Rights and Justice for all.
-June 1989"