The Friends of the "OBG" - Old Burying Ground - Greenfield, Highland County - Shared photos of another successful work session (from May 11, 2022)! -- May 18, 2022 is the next scheduled work session

The Friends of the OBG - Old Burying Ground in Greenfield, Highland County shared photographs and news of yet another successful work session at Greenfield's earliest cemetery on May 11, 2022. 

Congratulations to John King, Scott & Venus Andersen, Michael Lee Anderson, and Jackie Doles for their work at not only this work session, but at almost all of the previous sessions at the Old Burying Ground.  

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Learn how you can become a volunteer at the "OBG"; or make a donation toward the effort to totally restore this historic Ohio cemetery! 

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Here is the Old Burying Ground in Greenfield on "Find a Grave."

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Two important events coming up relating to the Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio: Saturday May 21, 2022, beginning at 9:30a.m. at the cemetery - An all-volunteer clean up day ** AND** Tuesday, May 24, 2022 - 10:30a.m. an Auditor's Forfeited Land Sale at the Pickaway County Courthouse to purchase the Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Circleville

MAY 21 2022:
Sharing this information for the upcoming annual all-volunteer clean up at the Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio.

Please reference contact information below for further details: 

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The Floral Hills Memory Gardens on Find A Grave

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MAY 24 2022

Location of Sale: 

207 S. Court Street, Circleville, Pickaway County Courthouse - begining at10:30a.m. for Auditor's Forfeited Land Sale for Floral Hills Memory Gardens, 

See notice below.:

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Sharing for reference purposes this link to the October 30, 2021 blog post here about the previous Auditor's Sale for the Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Circleville that was held on November 9, 2021 when there were no bids for this Active Ohio Cemetery.

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Please share the news about both of these events coming up in May for the Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Circleville, Pickaway County.  

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Your support is appreciated for this cemetery that has been without an owner for far too long! 

International Preservation Trades Network - Cemetery Conservation Workshop - May 17, 2022 & May 18, 2022 - Methodist Cemetery in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio

I was informed that this cemetery conservation workshop by the International Preservation Trades Network will be open to the public.  

This hands-on cemetery conservation workshop will be held at the Methodist Cemetery in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio on May 17 & May 18, 2022.  

"This is a Pre-Conference workshop 8:00AM - 4:30PM Tuesday and Wednesday (5/17-18). 

Snacks and lunch are provided."

"The Preservation Trades Network will be holding a pre-conference workshop May 17-18, 2022 at the Methodist Cemetery in St. Clairsville, Ohio. James "Rusty" Brenner, owner of Texas Cemetery Restoration LLC, and Sarah Marie Jackson will be leading the workshop and bring decades of experience in cemetery conservation.

Participants will get the opportunity to practice hands-on conservation treatments on several stones. The main objectives of the workshop will be to demonstrate:

- working safety in a cemetery

- documentation

- cleaning stones

- resetting

- minor repairs and patching

Location: Methodist Cemetery, Newell Street, St. Clairsville,Ohio

Dates: May 17-18, 2022

Cost: $150"

Email:  info@ptn.org

Link to Registration

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 The Methodist Cemetery on Find A Grave