Oakland & Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park•Est. 1863 Little Rock, Arkansas

10/07/2025

The Tour for this coming Friday, Oct 10th will be cancelled due to the weather. It's just too hot and humid to enjoy the cemetery as we like to do. Stay tuned for future announcements about when we will start back up! If you have any questions, please call me, Linda Howell 501-681-3857

09/25/2025

A Tour at Fraternal Cemetery by Mosaic Templars Cultural Center October 18. Friends of Oakland and Fraternal will also be having a workday over there, so it will be a busy day at Fraternal. Come join in!

🍂 The leaves are turning and there’s a chill in the morning air—fall is almost here!
Enjoy a crisp fall morning with MTCC and join us on Saturday, October 18 at 11:00 AM for our next Historical Walking Tour: African American Stories in Stone at Fraternal Cemetery (2101 Barber Street, Little Rock, AR 72206).

Discover the rich history and remarkable lives of the African American leaders, community builders, and everyday heroes laid to rest in this longtime cemetery.

📍 Meet at the cemetery gates
💵 Free event
👟 Wear comfortable shoes

Come celebrate history, heritage, and the stories etched in stone.

07/12/2025

It's Christmas thoughts in July..Please think about participating with us in our second year of Wreaths Across America to honor our hundreds of veterans and Oakland and Fraternal. Friends of Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery receives $5 for each wreath purchased, money we use to improve the cemeteries.

Wreaths Across America ("WAA") coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies every December to "Remember, Honor, and Teach" about the sacrifices made by our veterans and their families. Please check out this page to learn how you can help by sponsoring Veterans Remembrance Wreaths or by joining us on Decembe...

04/17/2025

Workday this Saturday April 19, 10-4 at historic Fraternal Cemetery. Join us as we repair and restore markers with the help of a grant from Arkansas Black History Commission. 2101 Barber St. across street from Oakland entrance. Come join us and get your historic preservation on. Water and snacks provided. Hoping for good weather!

03/07/2025

02/02/2025

Cemetery Volunteer Opportunity-Join Us

Historic Preservation Volunteer Opportunities at Fraternal Cemetery
Oakland & Fraternal Historic Cemetery, Little Rock
2101 Barber St. Little Rock, adjacent to Little Rock National Cemetery

Friends of Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery in Little Rock has secured a Grant from the Arkansas Black History Commission for Preservation of Fraternal Cemetery's African American History and Heritage

In 1888, African American fraternal orders petitioned the city for land at Oakland Cemetery for members’ burial space. That site, now Fraternal Cemetery, needs refurbishment. It is home to burials of prominent African American historical figures of Little Rock, and hundreds of souls who were members of historic Black fraternal organizations, including Mosaic Templars and Knights and Ladies of Tabor.

There are over 150 markers with Fraternal organization emblems, many damaged, and over 400 cemetery markers that need care.
Goal is to return the identity and integrity to these memorial markers, thus honoring those souls in historic Fraternal Cemetery
Friends of Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery asks the community for help in carrying out the grant.

Please consider volunteering with us for this project: Call or email
Carolyn Eastham 501 251 4891 or friends.oaklandfraternal@gmail.com to volunteer or message on our page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/friendsofoaklandfraternal
Volunteer Areas: Marker Repair-Landscape-Records, Materials & Education-Mapping-Advertising & Promo
THANK YOU! Workshops will be announced soon.

02/02/2025

Cemetery Volunteer Opportunity-Join Us
Historic Preservation Volunteer Opportunities at Fraternal Cemetery

Oakland & Fraternal Historic Cemetery, Little Rock
2101 Barber St. Little Rock, adjacent to Little Rock National Cemetery

Friends of Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery in Little Rock has secured a Grant from the Arkansas Black History Commission for Preservation of Fraternal Cemetery's African American History and Heritage

In 1888, African American fraternal orders petitioned the city for land at Oakland Cemetery for members’ burial space. That site, now Fraternal Cemetery, needs refurbishment. It is home to burials of prominent African American historical figures of Little Rock, and hundreds of souls who were members of historic Black fraternal organizations, including Mosaic Templars and Knights and Ladies of Tabor.

There are over 150 markers with Fraternal organization emblems, many damaged, and over 400 cemetery markers that need care.

Goal is to return the identity and integrity to these memorial markers, thus honoring those souls in historic Fraternal Cemetery
Friends of Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery asks the community for help in carrying out the grant. Please consider volunteering with us for this project: Call or email
Carolyn Eastham 501 251 4891 or friends.oaklandfraternal@gmail.com to volunteer or message on our page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/friendsofoaklandfraternal
Volunteer Areas: Marker Repair-Landscape-Records, Materials & Education-Mapping-Advertising & Promo

THANK YOU! Workshops will be announced soon.

01/31/2025

Please volunteer with us!
Historic Preservation Volunteer Opportunities -Fraternal Cemetery
Oakland & Fraternal Historic Cemetery, Little Rock
2101 Barber St. Little Rock, adjacent to Little Rock National Cemetery

Friends of Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery in Little Rock has secured a Grant from the Arkansas Black History Commission for Preservation of Fraternal Cemetery's African American History and Heritage

In 1888, African American fraternal orders petitioned the city for land at Oakland Cemetery for members’ burial space. That site, now Fraternal Cemetery, needs refurbishment. It is home to burials of prominent African American historical figures of Little Rock, and hundreds of souls who were members of historic Black fraternal organizations, including Mosaic Templars and Knights and Ladies of Tabor.

There are over 150 markers with Fraternal organization emblems, many damaged, and over 400 cemetery markers that need care. Examples of damaged markers:
The project goal is to return the identity and integrity to these memorial markers, thus honoring those souls in historic Fraternal Cemetery

Friends of Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery asks the community for help in carrying out the grant.

Please consider volunteering with us for this project: Call or email to volunteer or with questions

Carolyn Eastham 501 251 4891 or friends.oaklandfraternal@gmail.com to volunteer or message here or on our 📷 page: Friends of Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery

https://www.facebook.com/groups/766375973857290
Areas to volunteer, training provided:
Marker Repair-Landscape Restoration-Records, Materials & Education-Mapping-Advertising & Promo

11/25/2024

Are you looking for something exciting to do after Thanksgiving? Join us at Oakland & Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park for some fun at our WINTER FESTIVAL! It’s a free event so bring your family and friends to join in the activities. Refreshments, Children’s Freebies, Scavenger Hunt, Bonfire, Ghost and Historic Tours, Telescope Sky Viewing and Raffle.

Gates open at 2pm and will close at 5pm. The address is 2101 Barber Street, Little Rock, Arkansas. Drive through the Main Gate on Barber Street and you will be directed on where to park. One of our tour guides, Linda Howell, will be driving her group in our golf cart and demonstrating the use of dowsing rods. Our Sexton, John Rains makes the rods by hand and they are for sale. Linda uses them in her paranormal research with great results. She will be happy to demonstrate how to use them and give you a chance to have the experience. Mark your calendar for Saturday, November 30. 2024……2-5PM…….2101 Barber Street, Little Rock, AR.

10/25/2024

This is the first year Oakland and Fraternal will be part of the Wreaths Across America program. So far we have almost 50 wreaths to honor our veterans. You can purchase wreaths until December 3 using the link below. Thank you from Friends of Oakland and Fraternal. Questions? message here!