LOGGERS DESTROYED IT: African American Cemetery Nearly Lost FOUND and SAVED | CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 26 дек 2024

Комментарии • 179

  • @AdventuresIntoHistory
    @AdventuresIntoHistory  2 дня назад +25

    Return to Phillippi just before Christmas Eve to help further preserve a grave site that was lost to time.
    Tip Jar: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography
    For more Adventures: linktr.ee/adventuresintohistory
    My flashlight link: www.olightstore.com/s/UPTJSG Save 10 percent: SAIH10 (not valid on sales items and X9R)
    Mail: Sidestep Adventures
    PO BOX 206
    Waverly Hall, Georgia 31831

    • @SondraD7676
      @SondraD7676 2 дня назад +2

      Wonderful, Robert! I was surprised to see the wooden marker and sad to hear the others had been destroyed. I hope this marker helps to ensure these souls are known. I pray they are all resting easy in eternity on this Christmas Day. Thank you for allowing me to take part in this. ❤

  • @brendakayshelby8646
    @brendakayshelby8646 2 дня назад +22

    Thank you older Robert we have been missing you sir❤

  • @lynnmacleod1879
    @lynnmacleod1879 2 дня назад +32

    What a beautiful grave marker that Sondra has donated. Thank-you for an act of preservation and kindness.🫶🏻🙏🏻✨

  • @paulhoffman6371
    @paulhoffman6371 2 дня назад +20

    Robert, Cecil, the Other Robert, Dan, Joy, tributes and praise for your preservation of history, historical facts, AND places. Have an historical adventure into the holidays.

  • @sandysue202
    @sandysue202 2 дня назад +25

    Awwww...its so good to see the Other Robert!! We miss you and wish you and your family a beautiful Christmas! Thank you for laying the wreath on this young American serviceman grave. And, thanks for the video about the forgotten cemetery Robert and Cecil. Those folks may be mostly forgotten to us, in today's world here on earth, but they are all well known and loved by God. Merry Christmas from S.W. Missouri.

  • @nopcspokenhere1235
    @nopcspokenhere1235 2 дня назад +15

    Oh Other Robert I miss you!!! Merry Christmas!!!!

  • @billydow1971
    @billydow1971 2 дня назад +22

    Thank you Sondra for your very kind gesture. Well done Cecil and Robert.

  • @SondraD7676
    @SondraD7676 2 дня назад +10

    Wonderful, Robert! I was surprised to see the wooden marker and sad to hear the others had been destroyed. I hope this marker helps to ensure these souls are known. I pray they are all resting easy in eternity on this Christmas Day. Thank you to everyone who has commented, and/or thanked me. I really appreciate all of you. Thank you, Robert for allowing me to take part in this meaningful preservation of the enslaved persons' graves and history. A big Thank you to the other Robert for taking good care and remembering Sgt. John Lay.
    Merry Christmas to one and all! 🎅🎄❤👍👍❣️❣️

    • @cindys.9688
      @cindys.9688 День назад +1

      Hi Sondra! Thank you so much for your loving and meaningful donation of the cross grave marker.✝️
      I can tell Robert was moved. It means a lot to him. It's sad that many people's graves are lost and abandoned out there. But they aren't forgotten. Your marker represents one which represents all.
      Merry Christmas to you and your family.🎄❤️

    • @maryr7800
      @maryr7800 11 часов назад

      Thank you, Sondra ! May God bless you for your thoughtfulness and generosity.

  • @dolothegreat
    @dolothegreat 2 дня назад +23

    Thank you Sondra, and lookie here. A special with The Other Robert. What a treat.

  • @user-randi1987
    @user-randi1987 2 дня назад +22

    Wonderful marker Sondra donated, very kind of her.

    • @AdventuresIntoHistory
      @AdventuresIntoHistory  2 дня назад +7

      She was very kind to make that donation. It’s an amazing marker and very meaningful to be out there.

  • @bettytordoff8920
    @bettytordoff8920 2 дня назад +15

    Thank you, Sondra! What a beautiful cross!

  • @christhomas5898
    @christhomas5898 2 дня назад +14

    Good Stuff guys
    Ironic marking a enslaved persons grave and a Man who gave his life for our freedom. 🇺🇸 Amen to that

  • @chrisnolan8157
    @chrisnolan8157 2 дня назад +9

    THANK YOU, The Other Robert! ❤

  • @corinnerenshaw3621
    @corinnerenshaw3621 2 дня назад +11

    Merry Christmas to the whole Sidestep adventures crew ! Thank you all for the very important work you do ! Keep up the great work ! :)

  • @jasonstehle6949
    @jasonstehle6949 2 дня назад +5

    Merry Christmas to all the gang at Sidestep Adventures into History. Thanks for taking us along for the adventures.

  • @mercedithcompala8148
    @mercedithcompala8148 2 дня назад +10

    Merry Christmas to you and your family and Cecil and Dan and the other Robert 🎅🤶🧑‍🎄💥🎄

  • @rodneyfletcher9565
    @rodneyfletcher9565 День назад +1

    Robert, thanks to you, Cecil and Sondra for this remembrance. Also, it was a nice surprise to see the other Robert as we have missed him. Merry Christmas to all of you!

  • @diannacatesdunn
    @diannacatesdunn 2 дня назад +9

    Thank you Robert, Cecil and The Other Robert for the hard work and efforts you put into saving history and sharing it with us.

  • @SueTatro-rc9xc
    @SueTatro-rc9xc День назад +1

    Thank you Sondra! Merry Christmas and happy new year to all of you who preserve history and protect cemeteries ❤❤

  • @janehelbert7551
    @janehelbert7551 2 дня назад +3

    What a great gift of the woman who donated the marker!

  • @decembergem4598
    @decembergem4598 2 дня назад +3

    Thank you Robert, Cecil, Joy , Dan and the other Robert. Thank you for laying a wreath. It's a beautiful gesture of remembrance. Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Wonderful new year. Bless you Sondra for your donation. It's truly beautiful.🙏

  • @lisahatchett6125
    @lisahatchett6125 2 дня назад +4

    Thank you Sondra, Robert and Cecil. God bless you all ❤❤❤

  • @dianngrubbs4018
    @dianngrubbs4018 День назад +1

    I'm so glad this forgotten person has a new marker and right before Christmas, too.

  • @MarciaShackelford-st5bt
    @MarciaShackelford-st5bt 2 дня назад +3

    It was so good to see Other Robert! What a kind soul! You and Cecil are very caring too. So glad you guys rediscovered the African American section of the cemetery before it was too late. Maybe, hopefully, more descendants will either see your video or hear about it and contact you. It would be great to attach some names to this cemetery. Keep on trucking, or should I say jeeping! Have a very Merry Christmas!

  • @MeMe-cz6pk
    @MeMe-cz6pk 2 дня назад +1

    Thank you for bringing some Respect, Recognition, Peace & Dignity to the final resting place for these once enslaved Souls.
    Watching the first video on this particular place was distressing and fasinating, historically, at the same time. The stark contrast from one side of the fence to the other.😢.
    The Marker is a beautiful gesture on many levels.
    May they All RIP.😪

  • @shelliewerner5624
    @shelliewerner5624 2 дня назад +6

    Beautiful cross...bless her for doing this...Merry Christmas to all down there !!! ❤

  • @pats9055
    @pats9055 2 дня назад +3

    Thank you Robert and Cecil for saving this cemetery. God Bless the forgotten people buried here and Sondra for her kind gesture. Also heart warming to see a veteran honored. Merry Christmas to all of you and yours and all of the people here!

  • @celleduffel1533
    @celleduffel1533 2 дня назад +4

    Sondra you are truly a caring person, ty for that beautiful gift for the Unknown Individual. Ty Robert and Mr Cecil Young and may God bless and I wish for you both a Merry Christmas and ohhhh my our sweet Other Robert, how nice to see you and ty for the laying of the wreath..I wish you and yours a truly Merry Christmas and to all you guys and dolls like me who follow Robert, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

  • @michaelmccormick-yw8zr
    @michaelmccormick-yw8zr 2 дня назад +5

    I wish I was there to help you find the graves, I have for many years been able to find unmarked graves helping to restore old cemeteries. I admire you for your dedication in saving the cemeteries.

  • @georginastoliker3358
    @georginastoliker3358 2 дня назад +5

    Very thoughtful and kind Sondra

  • @monicashapiro5755
    @monicashapiro5755 2 дня назад +3

    Merry Christmas to all of you , including Robert. I so enjoy your Sidestep Adventures. Look forward to seeing more in the new year.

  • @Carolbearce
    @Carolbearce 2 дня назад +2

    Sondra, that was such an awesome gesture. Lovely to have the cross placed there on Christmas. The “Other Robert”, my son and I placed wreaths on the veterans graves in our home town cemetery last Saturday. It was a very special event for us. Wreaths across America and we did this with our American Legion. My son is a veteran so it sure meant a lot to him. I hope all of you have a blessed Christmas.

  • @suzannesnyder2679
    @suzannesnyder2679 2 дня назад +3

    So glad to see “the other Robert”! I was worried his contract hadn’t been extended. Just kidding. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you down in Georgia!

  • @juliaferraro2599
    @juliaferraro2599 2 дня назад +5

    What an Honourable thing to do for Mr. John and many others who laid down their their lives for us. My Father was fortunate to have come home after the war. Great to see you Other Robert, I miss your videos 💝 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, Robert and your families.

  • @Lorriann63
    @Lorriann63 2 дня назад +5

    That's a beautiful marker Sondra donated. It looks perfect there and will help preserve the spot for a long time. And it is a beautiful wreath to put on that marker that the Other Robert placed there. It is so thoughtful of a remembrance. I wish all of you and your families a very Merry Christmas and Christmas Eve. Thank you for all you do.

  • @JoHarmon-hg7wz
    @JoHarmon-hg7wz 2 дня назад +2

    Beautiful grave marker Sondra has donated.
    MERRY CHRISTMAS To all who help save the history of the forgotten. Wonderful seeing Robert!

  • @karenwright9123
    @karenwright9123 2 дня назад +2

    That was a very nice gesture,shout out to Sondra! Season's Greetings to all the community here and The OBF, Robert,Cecil,Dan,Joy ,everybody. Hey,Other Robert you're a real sweetheart ,always good to see you again. Such a wonderful thing to remember a veteran, and to understand he gave his life so we could live free. No greater love!! 💜❣Merry Christmas!

  • @SandyD2022
    @SandyD2022 2 дня назад +2

    That is a really special cross. Thank you Sondra, that was a great idea for that grave.

  • @cynthiahamilton3232
    @cynthiahamilton3232 2 дня назад +3

    What a wonderful gift of the cross Sandra. You guys are making such a beautiful acknowledgment of these lost graves and these precious souls. The placing of the wreath is heartwarming. Merry Christmas to all of you who make these channels great ❤

  • @susanbellefeuille
    @susanbellefeuille 2 дня назад +3

    Merry Christmas our Robert and Other Robert. Thank you both for your diligence in the preservation of history and recognition of those gone before us. You truly have my admiration.

  • @karenchilders2449
    @karenchilders2449 2 дня назад +3

    I love it, it's beautiful!! Thank you, Sondra!!

  • @carolwilliams9143
    @carolwilliams9143 2 дня назад +4

    Merry Christmas. Thank you so much for what you do toward preservation of older structures and graves.

  • @sherrilee230
    @sherrilee230 2 дня назад +8

    Thank you Sondra

  • @randomvintagefilm273
    @randomvintagefilm273 2 дня назад +6

    That's awesome! The cross will protect it.
    MERRY CHRISTMAS To all 🎄

  • @sherrilee230
    @sherrilee230 2 дня назад +5

    Merry Christmas happy New Year Robert and Cecil and Sondra and the many others who watch this channel. God bless you and this day

  • @maryleeswope3353
    @maryleeswope3353 11 часов назад

    Great donation!!! I'm so proud of her. Looks like more are needed! Well done Robert and Cecil.❤❤❤

  • @marshacappy159
    @marshacappy159 2 дня назад +2

    Merry Christmas to all of you. I have been watching you for the past six months or so, and have enjoyed learning about Southwestern, Georgia.

  • @SandyD2022
    @SandyD2022 2 дня назад +2

    That was a Great Christmas Surprise. Merry Christmas to both Robert's, and all the folks that help with Adventures into History. May you all have a Christmas Blessing.

  • @pameladawson4081
    @pameladawson4081 2 дня назад +2

    Hello. It was good to see "the other Robert"!! Hope all are well. My fathers' brother Donald fought in Sicily and Italy during WW2. He is buried in Arlington. My father was an airplane mechanic in Burtonwood Royal Air Force base. The Americans, like my father, shared the base when they went over to England. He worked on the bombers. He and my English mother told me of what they saw. I understand why veterans and civilians had a difficult time trying to deal with that war. Very glad you and Cecil found and documented this cemetery. I really wish there was a way of finding out who they were. Thank you...🎁🎄🎄🎀🎆❤️❤️

  • @karenshepler7128
    @karenshepler7128 2 дня назад +3

    Hello and very beautiful piece and thank you Sondra very kind of you for sure and thank you for sharing this Robert as you both do so very much for the cemeteries 😊have a very Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

    • @karenshepler7128
      @karenshepler7128 2 дня назад +2

      Thank you as well other Robert and Merry Christmas 🎄

  • @dorothybrannam1198
    @dorothybrannam1198 2 дня назад +2

    Thank you to the lady that sent the cross ✝️ marker, that was a
    Very wonderful thang to do. I know that you will be blessed. That was a great Christmas gift, you gave that person.
    Thank you for the video it is great that you took it and put on the grave. Thank you for all the hard work you do to. This was a great video. Merry Christmas 🎅 and a happy new year to you and your family and 🎉.

  • @kimberleyannedemong5621
    @kimberleyannedemong5621 2 дня назад +2

    Merry Christmas Robert Cecil & the other Robert. The marker on the unknown name of the person buried there is very lovely. Robert the wreath on the soldier's grave is sweet & touching. He gave so much for us. It's nice to see him remembered.

  • @donnal.oglesby4806
    @donnal.oglesby4806 2 дня назад +2

    Robert Wishing you and all your family a very Merry and Blessed Christmas, along with Blue and Annie, and the two cats, and May God continue to protect and bless all of you. Also Merry and blessed Christmas, to the other Robert, Cecil, Daniel, Scott, and others I missed. May God continue to protect and guide all of you under the shadow of his wings. Love and Gentle Hugs. FRom me, here in Upper Northeast Illinois.

  • @leannesmith3660
    @leannesmith3660 2 дня назад +2

    Robert!!! It is SO good to see you! Have wondered about you! Glad you are well and please, please, please do more videos!
    Merry Christmas 🎄🎄😊

  • @Manticore2024
    @Manticore2024 2 дня назад +2

    Very, very merry Christmas to both of you, Roberts, and a very happy new year as well! 🙏😇

  • @davidcarroll1883
    @davidcarroll1883 2 дня назад +2

    A big Merry Christmas to you and your family, Robert, and all the farm animals as well. Stay healthy.

  • @lynnmacleod1879
    @lynnmacleod1879 2 дня назад +3

    Merry Christmas Robert, Cecil and everyone associated with the making of these videos.

  • @user-randi1987
    @user-randi1987 2 дня назад +4

    Merry Christmas, Robert, Cecil, Robert 2 and your families

  • @phyllismote1750
    @phyllismote1750 2 дня назад +2

    Thank you Sondra! And Merry Christmas to you, Robert, Cecil, and the other Robert! It was so good to see you and thank you for the wreath to John! We miss you!❤🎄

  • @Nancy-kw8xz
    @Nancy-kw8xz 2 дня назад +2

    Hello Robert Cecil and Robert it's so nice to see the other Robert thank you for laying that beautiful Christmas wreath I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a healthy happy New Year☃️❄⛄❄🎄❄🎄 take care love from upstate New York❤😊

  • @tksass9091
    @tksass9091 2 дня назад +2

    Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful Robert. God bless both Robert's n ALL that u do for ALL the ppl that have passed on before us. MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY SAFE/HEALTHY NEW YEAR🎉

  • @lynnmacleod1879
    @lynnmacleod1879 2 дня назад +3

    Thank-you...the other Robert, merry Christmas 🎄

  • @donnal.oglesby4806
    @donnal.oglesby4806 2 дня назад +2

    awesome that Sondra sent you that beautifdul cross to mark the unknown grave of the once enslaved person, which were also members of the church, put there in and next to Phillippi Cemetery. Sad that a logging company, whom commonly do not care about forgotten cemeteries and ONLY care about the trees being cut down, and could care less about any markers. Great that you can get ahold of the church minutes of all those that are laid to rest out there, but such a shame that the uncaring logging company also distroyed or greatly damamged the graves there.

  • @bettytordoff8920
    @bettytordoff8920 2 дня назад +3

    Merry Christmas, Robert and Everyone!

  • @SnowFalling123
    @SnowFalling123 2 дня назад +2

    Merry Christmas to the Other Robert! So good to see you!

  • @brendahogue5487
    @brendahogue5487 2 дня назад +3

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Robert and bringing out the past history

  • @trishwise8269
    @trishwise8269 9 часов назад

    Another great video Robert & Cecil!Thank you Sondra for your contribution to preserving history. The cross is beautiful. Last, but surely not least, Other Robert is was great seeing you again and hearing your kind words to those who served. Merry Christmas to All!! 🎄

  • @Dulcy-Doll2736
    @Dulcy-Doll2736 2 дня назад +3

    Merry Christmas to Robert and the Byrd Farm gang.

  • @thelindazoo
    @thelindazoo 2 дня назад +2

    Merry Christmas !
    ❤️🎄
    I love you all like family!❤️❤️❤️

  • @susanbozard7906
    @susanbozard7906 2 дня назад +2

    Merry Christmas Robert and Cecil

  • @sherronbell4961
    @sherronbell4961 2 дня назад +2

    Amazing marker. Incredible video

  • @christydeannl3105
    @christydeannl3105 2 дня назад +3

    Merry Christmas to everyone up your way! 🎄

  • @patbarlen2764
    @patbarlen2764 2 дня назад

    What heart felt gesture. Thank you for what you are doing. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

  • @rustya.3858
    @rustya.3858 День назад

    It was good to see the Other Robert. Thanks fellas, for all you do! Merry Christmas to all and wish you all a healthy and prosperous New Year.

  • @dsinavich5141
    @dsinavich5141 2 дня назад +1

    Hi Robert..a very nice marker from Sondra... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all your Sidestep: Adventures into History family....and your family too..... Deborah 🇨🇦🙏❤️🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎅🌟🌟🌟

  • @outdoorsurvival5102
    @outdoorsurvival5102 2 дня назад +2

    Merry Christmas 🎄 and Happy New Year to you Robert, Dan, Cecil, the other Robert and Joy.

  • @KatefromOZ62-e5o
    @KatefromOZ62-e5o 2 дня назад

    Merry Christmas Robert and Cecil. What a wonderful gift from Sondra.And WOW, Merry Christmas The Other Robert. Sending love from Australia.

  • @joyklassen880
    @joyklassen880 2 дня назад +3

    Merry Christmas

  • @terryflora9268
    @terryflora9268 2 дня назад +1

    What a great tribute to those who was here way before and not to long ago
    Great to see the other Robert again who i guess has been on strike for not getting paid lol
    Merry Christmas to the Old Byrd Farm and Adventures into History crew and friends May God Bless You All!!

  • @dianeo2819
    @dianeo2819 9 часов назад

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Robert, Dan, Cecil, Joy, and the other Robert! Looking forward to next year!

  • @DeeDee-dl7sl
    @DeeDee-dl7sl 2 дня назад +1

    Merry Christmas, it was good to see the "other Robert" 😊

  • @barbarabooth4955
    @barbarabooth4955 2 дня назад +1

    Thank you for your show Merry Christmas to alll

  • @margaretgarls153
    @margaretgarls153 2 дня назад

    Merry Christmas, Other Robert! We have missed you and your lovely wife.
    Alas thank you, Sondra, for the beautiful grave marker.

  • @debbieblaylock9997
    @debbieblaylock9997 2 дня назад +1

    Merry Christmas to you and your family ❤I 💚🎄🎄☃️

  • @nadineveitch5837
    @nadineveitch5837 День назад

    That was such a great idea Sondra, nice to know it's got a better chance of remaining marked for even longer now. Nice to find out some more history too. Was great to see the Other Robert. Merry Christmas to all of you. 😊

  • @southernmama9362
    @southernmama9362 2 дня назад

    So wonderful to the other Robert, what a Christmas treat❤love and missed u TOR! Merry Christmas to yall🎄

  • @gayleloy7111
    @gayleloy7111 2 дня назад

    Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you all. Love from Australia. ❤❤

  • @deborahwarren8343
    @deborahwarren8343 День назад

    Merry Christmas to all of you an thank you for all y’all do

  • @marcthompson806
    @marcthompson806 8 часов назад

    Beautiful grave marker for the grave an thank you for putting the marker on the grave

  • @marcthompson806
    @marcthompson806 8 часов назад

    Merry Christmas to both Robert's an to you're family's an thank you so much for putting a wreath on the soldiers grave

  • @paulgreene100
    @paulgreene100 2 дня назад +1

    Merry Christmas Robert. My husband and I enjoy your videos. I seen where you are related to some Greenes. My Greenes trace back to NC, and of course up in the NE before that. Keep up the good work

  • @elmacoffman6933
    @elmacoffman6933 2 дня назад +1

    Merry Christmas to all y'all at The Old Byrd Farm and Sidestep Adventures into History

  • @indianagrandmary1298
    @indianagrandmary1298 7 часов назад

    So good to see the other Robert! Though about him a lot, hoping he was ok. Happy new year to all the guys 🎉

  • @paulawright1554
    @paulawright1554 2 дня назад

    How thoughtful. Merry Christmas to you and your family the other Robert.

  • @MarshaShelley-t3n
    @MarshaShelley-t3n 2 дня назад +1

    Merry Christmas Robert and all that help you! The other Robert too for sure!!

  • @karenmewis4375
    @karenmewis4375 2 дня назад +1

    Was so nice to see the other Robert. Have missed seeing him.

  • @mariagriffin1216
    @mariagriffin1216 2 дня назад

    Merry Christmas to my favorite Robert’s and thank you for everything you do for the history of the people that have passed on so they are not forgotten. Thank you to all of your friends that help you find these cemeteries Dan and Cecil sorry if I spelt your name wrong . Wishing all of you and your families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! And
    Robert in your famous green shirt I hope to see you a lot more this coming New Year I miss you ❤️

  • @laurahurst1960
    @laurahurst1960 2 дня назад +1

    Oh we miss him❤

  • @maryr7800
    @maryr7800 10 часов назад

    A late Merry Christmas to Robert, Cecil, Mr. Dan, Joy and anyone I forgot in the Adventures into History crew. A special Merry Christmas to the Other Robert and his lovely wife; we've missed you so much!

  • @anskelder5994
    @anskelder5994 2 дня назад +1

    Merry Christmas and a good New Year❤🎉.