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Helping a devoted Boy Scout honor Black veterans at historic cemetery

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RICHMOND, Va. — As part of his project to become an Eagle Scout, high school student Auggie Bryan has been working tohelp clean up and restore a historically Black cemetery in Richmond.

Bryan spent months planning and working with Woodland Cemetery to build a memorial for 82 Black veterans' headstones.

CBS 6 Reporter Maggi Marshall surprised Bryan with a gift to put towards the cost of supplies for the project.

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