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Name: Boyington Oak - Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama
Location Type: Other
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Coordinates: 30.691346, -88.043751
Description:
At this old cemetery behind the Mobile Library's main branch, there is an oak tree growing out of the grave of a man named Boyington. It is said that he was an African American who was executed for a crime that he did not commit. According to local lore, his last words stated that an oak tree would...