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Black Angel — Oakland Cemetery

Iowa City, IA

A large darkened bronze angel marks the Feldevert family grave in Oakland Cemetery and has accumulated decades of local legends involving curses, death and supernatural consequences for touching or kissing it. Treat the stories as folklore and visit respectfully during cemetery hours.

Filed under folklore: stories a place tells about itself, passed down and still repeated.

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Source: icgov.org/government/departments-and-divisions/parks-and-recreation/cemeteries

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