On Sunday, Sept 15, The Historical Society of Islip Hamlet presents its 4th Cemetery Tour hosted by the Oakwood Cemetery Association from 2-4 p.m. The tour features Society thespians in period dress bringing cemetery personages “back to life”. Oakwood Cemetery is full of interesting people
The Clarksville Historical Society (Albany County} will host a presentation on the Albany Rural Cemetery on Thursday, Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. at the Clarksville Community Church, 1997 Delaware Turnpike. The presenter will be Mark Bodnar president of the Albany Rural Cemetery Association Board of
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
