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"A cemetery may be considered as abandoned when all or practically all of the bodies have been Removed therefrom and no bodies have been buried therein for a great many years, and the cemetery has been so long neglected as entirely to lose its identity as such, and is no longer known, recognized and respected by the public as a cemetery. 1953 OAG 2978."

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Sharing this exciting video interview and story from Fox8.com TV in Cleveland.: A first look at the James A. Garfield monument after restoration - and it is stunning!

Cleveland's Channel 8 Fox News reporter Suzanne Stratford's "grand reveal" report titled: 

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"Monument Makeover: A look inside Lake View Cemetery's James A. Garfield Memorial" was posted online on September 28, 2020.

If you are familiar with the James A. Garfield Memorial at the Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, then you know for a number of years the towering statuesque structure looked sadly dark and dirty, certainly not befitting to properly pay tribute to a past United States President and First Lady. 

It required extensive restorative measures on its entire exterior to preserve it for the future.  It would take some time to accomplish, but it had to be done, and so it was and now we get to see it!   

Below are some of my photographs of the Garfield Memorial's exterior taken during a visit to Lake View Cemetery on October 13, 2017.  A new visit is definitely in order soon!:  




While the interior of the Garfield Memorial is not open, we can look forward to touring it in March, 2021 according to the report.
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Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland on "Find A Grave" - 20th U. S. President, James Abram Garfield
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Lake View Cemetery website
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Below is another photograph of the Garfield Memorial taken October 13, 2017:


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