Eastern Cape, GRAAFF-REINET, Burgher monument

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Cemetery information:- Located on the corner of Somerset & Donkin streets. Graaff-Reinet was witness to the trial of many of the Cape Rebels – those citizens of the Cape Colony that had taken up arms against the British. From April 1901 a number of Cape Rebels were put on trial on charges of High treason and many were sentenced to death with their executions taking place at different towns and villages across the Colony. Eight of these rebels were executed in Graaff-Reinet. Included in this number was Commandant Gideon Scheepers who was captured near Prince Albert and who was found guilty on a charge of war crimes. On 2 December 1908 the bodies of seven of the men executed at Graaff-Reinet were laid to rest, the service of commemoration attended by 2,600 people. The Anglo Boer memorial on the corner of Somerset and Donkin Streets was unveiled in 1908 and celebrates the lives of the eight men executed as traitors in the dying days of the war. (source: https://www.karoo-southafrica.com/camdeboo/graaff-reinet/history-of-graaff-reinet/) Album complete, we have photographs of all the plaques. eGGSA captions by Wilna Eygelaar. The GGSA Cemetery CD only has information on the location of the cemetery Cemetery ID: 2827 Information submitted by: Shane Spargo Google Earth Project Information:- GPSID: 3389 GPS: -32 15.193, 24 31.668