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Historic cemetery honors circus performers and train victims

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Apr 03, 2026
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Showmen’s Rest, Woodlawn Cemetery (ChicagoPhotographer / Shutterstock.com/shutterstock.com)

In Hugo, Oklahoma, you can visit the Showmen’s Rest area of the Woodlawn Cemetery to see the graves of circus performers from the Showmen’s League of America. This video from Cylinderella offers a glimpse of some unusual headstones featuring various circus animals…

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