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URL:https://www.georgiahistory.com/events/historical-marker-dedication-uni
 on-benevolent-aid-society/
SUMMARY:Historical Marker Dedication: Union Benevolent Aid Society
DESCRIPTION:The Georgia Historical Society will hold a dedication for a new
  historical marker: Union Benevolent Aid Society. The dedication will take
  place on Wednesday\, April 9\, 2025\, at 11:00 a.m.\, at Fayetteville Ci
 ty Cemetery in Fayetteville\, Georgia (next to City Hall). The event is op
 en to the public.\n\nPublic parking is available in the downtown Fayettevi
 lle area.\n\nThe historical marker reads:\nUnion Benevolent Aid Society\nR
 ecognizing the need for a public Black cemetery in Fayette County\, a grou
 p of formerly enslaved men purchased land in 1884 that is now part of Faye
 tteville Cemetery. The Black community\, with leadership from Thomas Dorse
 y\, Isaac Dorsey\, and Nelson Arnold\, chartered the Union Benevolent Aid 
 Society (UBAS) in 1885 and established its first lodge on Church Street. T
 hrough membership\, UBAS lodges provided aid for sick members and burial s
 ervices\, established cemeteries\, and many lodge buildings housed early B
 lack schools. Like many Jim Crow-era African-American benevolent associati
 ons\, UBAS fostered social and spiritual fellowship\, citizenship\, and co
 mmunity uplift typically denied by White-owned institutions. UBAS grew int
 o a statewide organization\, establishing more than 500 lodges\, mainly in
  rural areas. Following desegregation\, access to insurance\, and the incr
 ease of privately-owned public cemeteries\, membership decreased and UBAS 
 eventually dissolved.\nErected by the Georgia Historical Society and the F
 ayette County Historical Society
CATEGORIES:Historical Markers
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