Who’s buried in St. Augustine graves marked ‘Six Unknown Indians”?

Amy Larner Giroux has been drawn to the mysteries of cemeteries since she was 16 when she would go to graves with a box of matches to light her way, writing down the names of the dead and putting them in a coffee can. Later as a genealogist and academic researcher, she learned there’s a lot of knowledge to be gained in cemeteries.

But also many questions.

Giroux’s recent project has been particularly meaningful: She has been researching burial sites in St. Augustine National Cemetery where there are two separate graves, each with a headstone inscribed “Six Unknown Indians.”

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