Cemetery Volunteers

Posted on April 21, 2024 by gravelyspeaking

Most cemeteries, especially historic cemeteries that no longer have room for new burials, rely on volunteers for the upkeep. In the historic Easton Cemetery in Easton, Pennsylvania, volunteers create gardens in cradle graves!

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3 Responses to Cemetery Volunteers

  1. Jeff Jones's avatar Jeff Jones says:
    April 21, 2024 at 4:39 pm

    Was this your shortest post ever?

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  2. chuxtuff's avatar chuxtuff says:
    April 21, 2024 at 7:22 pm

    I contacted City Hall one time about some vandalism that had occured in one of the two local municipal cemeteries they oversee and run several years ago now. Some of the old, upright and very heavy headstones had been knocked over with some actually broken. After looking at the damage someone suggested calling the local Nat’l Guard (“weekend warriors”) and see if they could somehow help us here. Within a couple of days of a request they dispatched out one of their good sized vehicles that had a crane mounted on the back, along with three soldiers to help things along. Within a couple of hours these guys had not only repaired and uprighted these headstones making that look easy, they also used some kind of builders glue or cement to make sure these stones stayed together the way they came from the stone mason company. So every time I drive by there I still think about how lucky we were to be assisted by the local Nat’l Guard unit that did such a great job straightening out what need to be straightened out in that vandalized cemetery. Maybe your local Nat’l Guard unit can help other such cemeteries?? They did here. So it’s worth a call and inquiry…

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