The story is all too common: a historic cemetery overrun by weeds and the passage of time. This story, however, is not about a cemetery lost but rather a cemetery’s restoration at the hands of a young man showing respect to both his community and his heritage. Adrian Dozal, a 16-year-old Boy Scout from Chandler, AZ, […]
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Restoration Help Needed for Historic North Carolina Cemetery
The Robert Foreman Cemetery in the community of Bruce, NC, has seen better days. The cemetery was vandalized approximately two years ago and it is believed that the suspects broke in to the graves to steal jewelry and gold tooth fillings among the bones. With no caretakers, the cemetery has languished. The cemetery is the third oldest […]
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Veteran Volunteers Work to Restore Historic Cemetery
Two childhood friends from Zellwood, Florida, now Army retirees, have taken up the cause of fixing up their historic hometown cemetery. Eugene Mason and Gene Reynolds work up to 3 times a week cleaning up and repairing the Tangerine Cemetery near Zellwood, which has its roots as a historically black cemetery that was founded in the […]
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Art Piece to be Installed at Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery
Do you have a secret you’ve always wanted to share but were too afraid to reveal? Maybe a visit to Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY will help. Starting in April, French artist Sophie Calle‘s interactive piece, title “Here Lie the Secrets of the Visitors of Green-Wood Cemetery,” will begin its 25 year stay with the cemetery. […]
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President-elect Donald Trump Lays Wreath at Arlington National Cemetery
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery one day prior to his swearing in to the office of the United States Presidency. Video courtesy of the Washington Post.
Boy Scout Restoring Cemetery Headstones for Eagle Project
The Boy Scouts of America was founded in February of 1910 and in that time span has produced over two million Eagle Scouts in their 106 history. That may seem like a high number but when you consider that only 5% of all active scouts ever achieve that goal, the number of Eagle Scouts is […]
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Jacksonville Man Cleans Away Cemetery Debris
It’s a story, like many others, that starts off with a first date. Marsha and Dennis Allen of Jacksonville, OR, met in 1963 at a drive-in diner. That was the beginning of a relationship that would see them married three years later and continue on with the marriage for a total of 53 years. They […]
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John Glenn, 1921-2016
In the pantheon of American legends, names such as Babe Ruth, Marilyn Monroe, Andrew Carnegie, Neil Armstrong, and Elvis Presley come to mind as figures who crafted the American landscape for years to come. Today we have people such as Elon Musk, Beyonce, and others who continue to blaze new trails for both America and the […]
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Wreaths Across America in Need of Assistance
Every year for the past 25 years, Wreaths Across America has donated their time to placing a wreath on the headstone of fallen service men and women at Arlington National Cemetery. This year, however, the organization may fall short. Donations are down this year and the organization only has enough wreaths to cover half the […]
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Missing WWII Airman Found in French Cemetery
The cost of war on a family can extend years, even decades, past the expiration of the battles on the field and in the sky. To this day, many families still have no answers as to the final location of their loved ones who paid the ultimate price for their country. That question, however, has […]
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