Forrest remains removed from Health Sciences Park
Members of the Memphis Greenspace board take a look at the now former grave of Nathan Forrest in Memphis, Tennessee June 11, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The announcement of the removal of the remains was made Friday, June 11, in Health Sciences Park, where Forrest and his wife had been reinterred for more than 100 years after originally being buried in Elmwood Cemetery.
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