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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."

Thursday, February 9, 2017

UPDATE: New Photos of the Green Lawn Cemetery Vandal Just Posted

"BREAKING NEWS!" 
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"NEW PHOTOS OF OUR VANDAL!" 
(see photos below)
Do you recognize this person? 

"He is wanted in connection with vandalism on January 9th. This photo was captured just before 10a.m. on Monday, Feb. 6th. He entered from Greenlawn and appears to have left via Brown Rd. Central Ohio Crime Stoppers will take anonymous tips and there is a $1000 reward if the tip leads to an arrest. 
Please let us know of any times you may have seen him - what day of the week, time of day, etc. - all of this will help us catch him!"

(614) 444-1123
E-Mail:
contactus@greenlawncemetery.org


Friday, February 3, 2017

Several NE Ohio Chapters of the D.A.R., War of 1812, and S.A.R. Raised More Than Enough Funds to Repair Vandalized Grave Markers at Erie Street Cemetery in Cleveland


Sharing from the "News-Herald" in Lake County, Ohio. 
By Tawana Roberts, The News-Herald
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Abstracted from the article:

"The New Connecticut Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Painesville, along with the Moses Cleaveland, Hannah Luther Bosworth, Martha Devotion Huntington, Molly Chittendon, Shaker and Western Reserve-Lakewood DAR chapters, Peter Navarre Chapter U.S.D. 1812, Western Reserve Sons of the American Revolution chapter and the Old Stone Church, collected $3,516.30 to repair damaged monuments at Erie Street Cemetery."
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The Erie Street Cemetery is Cleveland's oldest cemetery in existence.