{"id":789,"slug":"thaddeus-stevens-u-s-congressman-burial-site-pennsylvania","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Stevens's grave is the chosen — the 'only integrated' that's the Lancaster's option, the 'charter rules' that's the others barred. The 'epitaph' is the argued — the 'illustrate in death' that's the principles continued, the 'equality' that's the creator's level. The 'secluded' is the modest — the 'quiet spot' that's the small cemetery, the 'not preference' that's the statement made.","The 'clubfoot' is the born — the 'Vermont '92' that's the disabled child, the 'Dartmouth' that's the educated anyway. The 'Old Commoner' is the fought — the 'Reconstruction' that's the architect pushed, the 'impeachment' that's the Johnson pursued. Stevens's grave is the protest — the 'race limited' that's the refused to join, the 'death's principle' that's the final vote cast.","The file keeps the grave: the chosen cemetery, the epitaph's argument, the clubfoot's rise, and the integrated rest.","Stevens's burial is the archive's Pennsylvania file — the segregated graveyards refused."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Stevens's grave is the archive's Pennsylvania file — the burial itself a protest.","A grave keeps its refusal — the file's suggestion being that Stevens's hold is the chosen: the 'limited as to race' that's the cemeteries rejected, the 'illustrate in death' that's the body politic, and the 'quiet spot' that's the loudest statement."]}],"name":"Thaddeus Stevens, U.S. Congressman, Burial Site","aliases":[],"type":"HISTORIC_SITE","type_label":"Historic Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD_HISTORY","AFRICAN_AMERICAN_HISTORY","CEMETERY","UNDERGROUND_RAILROAD","POLITICAL"],"groups":["dark-history","historic-sites"],"desc":"NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.","full_desc":"A historic site in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Thaddeus Stevens, U.S. Congressman, Burial Site is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. The archive files it under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 3 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.","address":"Concord-Shreiner Cemetery","city":"Lancaster","county":"Lancaster","state":"Pennsylvania","postal":null,"region":"Northeast","lat":40.042061,"lon":-76.30099,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":"NPS public listing access field: Yes. This is a listing snapshot; current arrangements still require confirmation.","ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":"National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing","current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 11PA02, source row 241. 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. ","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":62.1,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.35,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":1,"paranormal_claim_provenance":null,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[],"history":[{"description":"NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The detail is preserved in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01","url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}},{"description":"Thaddeus Stevens, U.S. Congressman, Burial Site is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"NPS Network to Freedom listing","url":"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm","publisher":"National Park Service","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}},{"description":"The burial choice is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. 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