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Entrance to the historic Aiken Colored Cemetery, since 1988 called Pine Lawn Memorial Garden, in Aiken, South Carolina

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  1. African American Cemeteries
  2. African Americans
  3. Aiken
  4. Aiken County
  5. America
  6. Cemeteries
  7. Color
  8. Digital Photographs
  9. Pine Lawn Memorial Gardens
  10. South Carolina
  11. United States

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