Saturday, August 19th, 2017 Starting at 8:00a.m. -- Date and Time for the Next Cemetery Preservation Work Session at the Old Burying Ground in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio

From the Greenfield Historical Society in Greenfield (Highland County) Ohio. 

For the next work session at the Old Burying Ground.:

"Upcoming Work Session"

"Our next scheduled work session will be:

August 19th beginning at 8:00 a.m."

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"How Can YOU Help?"

"Join us for an upcoming work session. You can stay as long as you like. We will help you get started if you have not participated previously. Tasks range from cleaning stones, straightening stones, recording information, etc. We post our scheduled sessions on the GHS website calendar and through communications such as this email."

"Did You Know . . .

We continue to document the burials in the Old Burying Ground so we can more easily find names/dates etc. It is a work in progress but has already revealed some interesting information, such as:

Veterans of 5 Wars are buried in the cemetery:

•Revolutionary War (1)
•War of 1812 (10)
•Civil War (24)
•Spanish American War (1)
•WWII (1)

More interesting information will be obtained by studying this list as it evolves and improves."

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Historical Society of Greenfield, Ohio

The Greenfield Historical Society is a non-profit organization formed in 1949 and exists to further historical preservation and education in Greenfield, Ohio, and the surrounding area.

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