Salem’s Hidden Past: The Chinese Shrine at Salem Pioneer Cemetery

Salem’s Hidden Past: The Chinese Shrine at Salem Pioneer Cemetery

By Kirsten Straus :: Tucked away on the northern edge of the Salem Pioneer Cemetery used to lie a small, cement shrine dedicated to “unknown friend[s].”[1] Unbeknownst to most Salemites, this shrine is some of the last remaining evidence of the Chinese who called Salem home around the turn of the nineteenth century. Recently, theContinue Reading Salem’s Hidden Past: The Chinese Shrine at Salem Pioneer Cemetery