105 - Miriam Young - Oklahoma City, OK
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N 35° 32.175 W 097° 26.028
14S E 641985 N 3933641
Miriam Young's headstone is located at Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery, an unmarked African American cemetery with approximately 300 internments.
Waymark Code: WMET2P
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/03/2012
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Two African American cemeteries stand side-by-side on the south side of 63rd Street, east of Coltrane. They are so similar and have no dividing fence, that it is difficult to differentiate them. The cemetery to the east is Pilgrim's Rest.
Miriam Young's headstone is a gray granite flat marker, with an engraving of praying hands and flowers in the lower left corner. The inscription reads:
Loving Mother
Miriam Young
August 28, 1901
April 3, 2007
In His Hands Forever
* In 1901, the year Miriam was born, the first Nobel Peace Prize was awarded.
* She was six years old when Oklahoma became the 47th State.
* Miriam was 21 the year Annie Oakley shot 100 clay targets in a row for a record.
* Parker Bros. launch the game Monopoly the year Miriam was thirty-four.
* She was 37 when Orson Welles panicked the nation with his broadcast of "War of the Worlds."
* Bob Hope first appeared on TV the year Miriam was 49.
* The Vietnam War ended the year she was 72.
* She never got to use an iPhone, which was put on the market the year she passed away.