Hurricane Gustav took a heavy toll on Sweet Olive cemetery
~an Baton Rouge newspaper piece~
Click Here [embedded video]
~an Baton Rouge newspaper piece~
Click Here [embedded video]
Also, on April 2007, an out of control truck smashes through the brick and bar fence and destroys six tombs and three headstones.
As said on the video, Sweet Olive have tomb that date back to 1898 which makes it the oldest historically 'black' cemetery in Baton Rouge.
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