Sharing a link from Spectrum1 News - "Medina's Spring Grove Cemetery named to National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom" - Medina , Ohio

Sharing this link from Spectrum1 News about Medina's Spring Grove Cemetery being named to the "National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom", by Jennifer Conn.  

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The "Friends of the Cemetery" for Medina's Spring Grove Cemetery as well as for the Old Town Graveyard is a very active Non-Profit organization - so check out their website!

"Death may be the main event, but signs of life abound at Spring Grove Cemetery"

Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum in Cincinnati is indeed an awesome cemetery to visit and linger to pay proper respects to those who call it their final resting place.

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This spotlight story shapes our view through a historical lens to the beginnings of this, America's third largest cemetery, long known for its grand mausoleums that dominate the vast tree-filled landscape.
The photographs and story are from Alexandra Charitan for "Roadtrippers"

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Peace and comfort prevail.  

A visitor soon realizes how special Spring Grove Cemetery is as a burial ground.  

It projects a peaceful yet powerful presence permeating air and land alike. 

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Andrew Henry Ernst

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The website "Find A Grave" shows 235,528 memorials for Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati. 

Spotlighting Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio and their Memorial Day Essay Contest!

From Spring Grove Cemetery's Facebook Page:

"We are a few days late in announcing our new contest and would like to thank you for your patience. 

Memorial Day has been a significant part of Spring Grove since the Cemetery's inception in 1845. Because Memorial Day is so important to Spring Grove, we want to learn what Memorial Day means to you. We would like for you to submit an ESSAY (450 words or less) titled 'WHAT MEMORIAL DAY MEANS TO ME'. We want to get our youngest citizens involved also and hope that parents will email their children’s essays. We will be awarding a signed copy of the stunning 'Beauty in the Grove' coffee table book by Phil Nuxhall and an American Flag for the top prize in our adult category and will be awarding a Family Membership to the Cincinnati Museum Center to the winner in the 17 and younger category. 

Please email your essays to whuang@springgrove.org by midnight May 22. 

We will have hard copies of the winning essays on display throughout Memorial Day weekend."

Spring Grove Cemetery - East Liverpool, Columbiana, Ohio

Click on title for story about the Spring Grove Cemetery in East Liverpool, Ohio as found on the blog:

http://taphofiles.blogspot.com