Lewis Washington Burial Site at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (a.k.a. Forest Lawn Cemetery)
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.
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Is Lewis Washington Burial Site at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (a.k.a. Forest Lawn Cemetery) haunted?
No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.
The record — long form
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.
Two accounts on file
HISTORIC_SITE
CEMETERY
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NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The conductor’s grave—where Washington rests.
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National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
NPS Network to Freedom
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Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 25NE01, source row 461. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.
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Documented history
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.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceLewis 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.
Verified historyNational Park Service
Sources on file
- 01Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01National Park Service · government · A1
- 02NPS Network to Freedom listingNational Park Service · government · A1
- 03Underground RailroadWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 25NE01, source row 461. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.