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Cortland cemetery to have cleanup on April 27

The Cortland Rural Cemetery is seeking volunteers to join the staff, board members, and other members of the Cortland community for its Cemetery Sweep-out Day on Saturday, April 27: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. rain or shine! The cemetery is located at 110 Tompkins Street.

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Volunteers needed to place flags on gravesites

The Woodlawn Cemetery, in the Bronx, is the final resting place of more than 8,500 individuals who served our nation in the U.S. Armed Forces. Each year volunteers place flags on veterans’ gravesites in the lead-up to Memorial Day. Volunteers receive maps that pinpoint locations

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Headstone cleaning project scheduled for May

The Historical Society of Middletown, located in Delaware County, will be conducting a headstone cleaning program in May. Volunteers with the Historical Society of Middletown will be cleaning monuments at cemeteries in an around Middletown using a safe and effective  cleansing agent. A donation of

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Several New York cemeteries to offer tours in April

With the warmer weather, tours are being offered in April at some of the larger cemeteries in New York. Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx will offer a “Connection to the Titanic” tour on Sunday, April 14. Woodlawn is the final resting place to a dozen

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