Transient Worker's Cemetery
Site 11 – White WPA Cemetery
Died in Riverside Hospital, Newport News, VA.
Burial March 10, 1935
There are two cemeteries located about 150 yards northeast of the tennis court on Pershing Avenue. Burials were made at these two plots from December 1934 until October 1936 during the period that the Work Progress Administration (WPA) operated a transient indigent workers camp at Fort Eustis during the Depression. The first cemetery (Site 10) contains the graves of nine Negroes and the second (Site 11) the graves of thirteen white men who died here during the period of WPA occupancy. The USATCFE Historian has the names and dates of death of these individuals, whose remains were unclaimed by their next-of-kin, or whose next-of-kin were unknown.
Site 11 – White WPA Cemetery
Died in Riverside Hospital, Newport News, VA.
Burial March 10, 1935
There are two cemeteries located about 150 yards northeast of the tennis court on Pershing Avenue. Burials were made at these two plots from December 1934 until October 1936 during the period that the Work Progress Administration (WPA) operated a transient indigent workers camp at Fort Eustis during the Depression. The first cemetery (Site 10) contains the graves of nine Negroes and the second (Site 11) the graves of thirteen white men who died here during the period of WPA occupancy. The USATCFE Historian has the names and dates of death of these individuals, whose remains were unclaimed by their next-of-kin, or whose next-of-kin were unknown.
Transient Worker's Cemetery
Site 11 – White WPA Cemetery
Died in Riverside Hospital, Newport News, VA.
Burial March 10, 1935
There are two cemeteries located about 150 yards northeast of the tennis court on Pershing Avenue. Burials were made at these two plots from December 1934 until October 1936 during the period that the Work Progress Administration (WPA) operated a transient indigent workers camp at Fort Eustis during the Depression. The first cemetery (Site 10) contains the graves of nine Negroes and the second (Site 11) the graves of thirteen white men who died here during the period of WPA occupancy. The USATCFE Historian has the names and dates of death of these individuals, whose remains were unclaimed by their next-of-kin, or whose next-of-kin were unknown.
Site 11 – White WPA Cemetery
Died in Riverside Hospital, Newport News, VA.
Burial March 10, 1935
There are two cemeteries located about 150 yards northeast of the tennis court on Pershing Avenue. Burials were made at these two plots from December 1934 until October 1936 during the period that the Work Progress Administration (WPA) operated a transient indigent workers camp at Fort Eustis during the Depression. The first cemetery (Site 10) contains the graves of nine Negroes and the second (Site 11) the graves of thirteen white men who died here during the period of WPA occupancy. The USATCFE Historian has the names and dates of death of these individuals, whose remains were unclaimed by their next-of-kin, or whose next-of-kin were unknown.
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