Memorialization

  • Fort Bend ISD has remained committed to honoring and properly memorializing the individuals known as the Sugar Land 95. 

    In November 2021, FBISD signed an agreement with the MASS Design Group to engage in the visioning and design of the Sugar Land 95 Outdoor Learning Area and Cemetery. In the Spring of 2022, MASS Design Group conducted a 10-week period of community engagement, marked by four public community engagement sessions to gather stakeholder input and feedback. In October 2022, MASS Design presented the preliminary designs at the Sugar Land 95 Symposium and Discussion Panel, to gain additional feedback from students, staff, community members, and local leaders. The renderings below are the final design plans submitted by MASS Design Group that we hope to construct in honor of the Sugar Land 95.

    The current projected cost of this project is $4,000,000. FBISD is actively seeking funding through philanthropic, corporate, and community sponsorships to complete this project. 

     

     

Sugar Land 95 Memorial Renderings

    • Cemetery Signage     THC Certificate  


      The site of the Sugar Land 95 discovery, known as the Bullhead Camp Labor Force Cemetery, is open for public visitation daily. 

       

    • On November 19, 2019, FBISD hosted a public "Blessing of the Ground" event to commemorate the discovery and to pay respects to those souls known as the Sugar Land 95, prior to re-internment back into their original resting places. 

      Vigil

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    • In February 2021, the Texas Historical Commission designated the Bullhead Convict Labor Camp Cemetery a Historical Cemetery in Texas.

      This designation provides for the preservation of this site as an important historical and cultural resource in the State of Texas.

      As of February 2022, the historic site was selected to be one of 15 recipients of an Undertold Marker, compliments of the Texas Historical Commission.  
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