There will be a cemetery clean-up scheduled at the Ithaca City Cemetery on Sunday, September 8 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Come join students from Cornell University, as we spend the morning cleaning and conserving the 19th century headstones and monuments in Ithaca’s oldest cemetery.
Recently members of the Elting Memorial Library in New Paltz and the Historic Huguenot Street, also located in New Paltz, worked on solving a mystery regarding broken headstones that were found in a barn. Three belonged to Revolutionary War soldiers from New Paltz. After extensive
Several New York cemeteries will be offering guided cemetery tours during the month of August. The Niagara History Center will present “Cemetery Tales” at the Glenwood Cemetery in Lockport on Sunday, August 4 at 1 p.m. This is a walking tour so walking shoes are
The tour organization Explore Buffalo will be offering several cemetery tours in August. Concordia Cemetery – August 17 and 28 Concordia Cemetery was founded in 1859 and is one of the oldest cemeteries in Western New York. The cemetery is the final resting place for
Two New York cemeteries will be participating in the 48StateTour gravestone preservation workshops in August. The two participating cemeteries are: Boxwood Cemetery in Medina on Tuesday, August 6 and Church of St. Andrew Cemetery located on Staten Island on Thursday, August 8. The workshops are
