We just had to break the wonderful news to all our readers and descendants of the Silver People who have been following our progress!
Our “Silver” Cemeteries here in Panama- Mount Hope as well as Corozal Cemeteries, the resting places of our historic Silver ancestors who built the Panama Railroad and the Panama Canal- have been included [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Corozal Cemetery’
10/10/2009
Our Silver Cemeteries Made it to the International “Endangered List”
02/04/2009
A Continuing Saga
Solely to ponder that our forefathers “The Silver Men” have, since the nineteenth century, been one of the key sources of economic and social advancement for the whole of humanity simply boggles the mind. That we continue to face historic segregation and discrimination, however, is still an awesome issue to be faced now as in [...]
05/05/2008
The History of the Corozal and Mount Hope Cemeteries
The United States Government Isthmian Canal Commission’s segregated Cemetery at Corozal was the only active cemetery for its “Silver Roll” Employees even before 1914 when the construction of the Panama Canal was completed. The site had been a jungle and was then established as a farm to provide work for disabled Silver laborers, who [...]
