Bennie Lee Graham Memorial Cemetery
Also known as Boys Industrial School Cemetery
Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
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Of the many thousands of boys that have lived here over the years only twelve are buried in this cemetery according to school records. Others were sent home to their families upon their death.
The thirteenth boy listed on the memorial is Bennie Lee Graham who is actually buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, due to the facility's cemetery being inaccessible and overgrown with brush at the time of his death.
In 1987, students and staff, after completing a year-long research project called "The Boys Time Forgot", held a rededication ceremony on the grounds of this cemetery which had been unnamed ever since its establishment in October, 1884. A memorial was dedicated to these thirteen young men. The cemetery is currently well maintained.
On October 18, 2011, at the request of Juvenile Justice Authority Commissioner, Curtis L. Whitten, the Honorable Sam D. Brownback, Governor of the State of Kansas, signed an executive order naming the cemetery at the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex as "The Bennie Lee Graham Memorial Cemetery", effective immediately, henceforth and for all time and eternity.
Iron gate with newly named cemetery was added May 14, 2012.
Updated information provided by: Father Joseph E. Chontos, Jr., Clinical Chaplain, Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex, Topeka, KS. (October 2011)
Of the many thousands of boys that have lived here over the years only twelve are buried in this cemetery according to school records. Others were sent home to their families upon their death.
The thirteenth boy listed on the memorial is Bennie Lee Graham who is actually buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, due to the facility's cemetery being inaccessible and overgrown with brush at the time of his death.
In 1987, students and staff, after completing a year-long research project called "The Boys Time Forgot", held a rededication ceremony on the grounds of this cemetery which had been unnamed ever since its establishment in October, 1884. A memorial was dedicated to these thirteen young men. The cemetery is currently well maintained.
On October 18, 2011, at the request of Juvenile Justice Authority Commissioner, Curtis L. Whitten, the Honorable Sam D. Brownback, Governor of the State of Kansas, signed an executive order naming the cemetery at the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex as "The Bennie Lee Graham Memorial Cemetery", effective immediately, henceforth and for all time and eternity.
Iron gate with newly named cemetery was added May 14, 2012.
Updated information provided by: Father Joseph E. Chontos, Jr., Clinical Chaplain, Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex, Topeka, KS. (October 2011)
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- Added: 7 May 2007
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2216338
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