LEWIS WASHINGTON BURIAL SITE AT FOREST LAWN MEMORIAL PARK (A.K.A. FOREST LAWN CEMETERY)
Historic Site — PO Box 12006, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/lewis-washington-burial-site-at-forest-lawn-memorial-park-a-k-a-forest-lawn-cemetery-nebraska/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

A historic site in Omaha, Nebraska, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Lewis Washington Burial Site at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (a.k.a. Forest Lawn Cemetery) is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. It sits in the archive under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.

Washington's grave is the forgotten — the 'abolitionist' that's the life lived, the 'no monument' that's the Omaha's lack. The '1800-1898' is the span — the 'century nearly' that's the years crossed, the 'slavery to freedom' that's the arc seen. The 'NTF '13' is the marked — the 'Network listed' that's the grave's honor, the 'Forest Lawn' that's the city's rest.
The 'son's service' is the carried — the 'Lewis Jr.' that's the 29th USCT, the 'generations' that's the family continued. The 'segregated section' is the placed — the 'informal split' that's the cemetery's map, the 'Black notables' that's the neighbors kept. Washington's is the unmarked — the 'nearly century' that's the life long, the 'no street named' that's the memory's gap.
The file keeps Washington: the long life, the NTF listing, the son's service, and the monument absent.
Washington's grave is the archive's Nebraska file — the abolitionist Omaha forgot.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Washington's grave is the archive's Nebraska file — the conductor whose city forgot him.
A grave keeps its absence — the file's suggestion being that Washington's hold is the missing: the 'no monument' that's the city's blank, the 'NTF listed' that's the nation's mark, and the 'century lived' that's the witness long.

HISTORY — 2 documented facts
· NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
· Lewis Washington Burial Site at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (a.k.a. Forest Lawn Cemetery) is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.

SOURCES — 3 cited
· Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01 — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223
· NPS Network to Freedom listing — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm
· Underground Railroad — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad

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