I began trying to restore Lincoln Cemetery July 2021, when I traveled to PA to find the graves of my formerly-enslaved ancestors who fled from Fauquier County, Virginia to Harrisburg during the Civil War and after. When we arrived it was only a few weeks after memorial day, but Lincoln Cemetery most closely resembled an overgrown pile of felled trees and discarded brush. The only grave markers we could see were sinking and broken. We could not locate our formerly enslaved ancestors, but we found many mounds of fresh dirt and human remains throughout the cemetery. We left Lincoln Cemetery that day with an overwhelming sense of defeat and despair. When I arrived home, in Buffalo, NY, I tried to make a police report about the remains that we found. Unfortunately, there are no Pennsylvania Laws that effectively protect cemeteries. I could not turn my back on the ancestors who live there.