The North Carolina State Senate created an amendment to the state’s budget to guarantee that the East Carolina State Veterans Cemetery in Goldsboro, NC will not be closing. Governor Roy Cooper’s administration last week issued a statement that the legislation had left out the $200,000 needed for the upkeep and maintenance of the cemetery. This lack of […]
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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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