MARKER MEMORIALIZING FIRST BURIAL
Dates differ as to when the infant known as N. Brada was buried here. The marker says the internment occurred July 1, 1877, but the cemetery's official listings recorded it August 6, 1877.
One possible reason for this, a Friends of the Bohemian National Cemetery newsletter points out, is it wasn't until after the baby girl was buried that the cemetery applied for the permit. Technically, the cemetery did not exist until July 1, 1877.
Originally near the entrance gates, the child's final resting place was moved to another, more private location within the cemetery. This marker is only a cenotaph, or commemorative plaque.
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