This historical film is from San Francisco in 1906 prior to the earthquake. It gives us a glimpse of life in those times and before horrific destruction would occur. A Trip Down Market Street, 1906 - With Sound!

Spotlighting this story: "Local students honor Civil War veteran more than a century after his death."

Sharing this feature story by Lissa Guyton of 13Action News in Toledo, Ohio published on August 26, 2020.  From it, we learn how the local Bowsher High School students achieved a cherish goal to restore dignity and honor to a long forgotten Civil War veteran.  

During his lifetime, this veteran's identity became more associated with a number assigned to him rather than his own name.  The same held true in death.  

Only a lonely looking brick size stone imprinted with his patient number had marked his gravesite - until now.

 The Civil War veteran was Private Joseph Withers, a patient at the Toledo State Hospital who resided there at the time of his death in 1919.  

He was buried at the Toledo State Hospital Cemetery. 

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“I have been taught that a person dies twice. The first time is their physical death. The second is the last time someone says their name. Today, we are saying Joseph’s name again,” said Robyn Hage, supervisor of the Leading Rebels program. “I have truly enjoyed watching the students get excited about this project. It was a lot of work to raise that money. A lot of them want to be activists in the community, so this was a great way to get involved. For me this is very personal because it connects our past to our future.”

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The Toledo State Hospital Reclamation Project is also included in the article with a link provided to its website. 

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Latest brochure for the Toledo State Hospital Reclamation Project

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The War Veterans Page on the website of the Toledo State Hospital Reclamation Project

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Toledo State Hospital Cemeteries on Facebook

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REMINDER: Saturday, August 29, 2020 - 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.- Jonathan Appell workshop at the Old Fredericktown Cemetery in Knox County, Ohio

Facebook Page for the Old Fredericktown Cemetery Preservation Project

"Preservation Workshop This weekend in Fredericktown" 

Mount Vernon News - August 26, 2020

By Rosie Cosens

"FREDERICKTOWN – The Old Fredericktown Cemetery Preservation Project (OFCPP) will host Jon Appell, founder of the National Gravestone Preservation Tour, on Saturday, Aug. 29.

“My four-times-great-grandparents are buried in the cemetery,” Krista Horrocks, a professional archaeologist and cemetery researcher with OFCPP, said. “Jon [Appell] asked if he could do his Ohio workshop in Fredericktown, so I helped make the arrangements. I was a co-founder of the Old Fredericktown Cemetery Preservation Project back in 2017.”

Horrocks, a Fredericktown native, coordinates the preservation efforts with the village, which owns the cemetery. More than 60 people have shown interest in Saturday’s restoration event, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Old Fredericktown Cemetery. The cemetery is located at the intersection of Burgett Drive and Oak Street in Fredericktown.

“Yes, everyone is a volunteer,” Horrocks said. “A lot of our volunteers have ancestors buried in the cemetery. Yes, we have trained with a local preservationist to follow correct methods of restoration.”

But Horrocks also encourages anyone with an interest in history or preserving antiquities, or who just wants a day out in the fresh air, to stop by; because large numbers of hands are welcome.

“We’ll take anyone who is interested in helping!” she said. “And Jon is teaching a workshop every place he goes, so everyone who joins will get training!” "

The Old Fredericktown Cemetery on Find A Grave with 312 memorials 

Find A Grave Map to the Old Fredericktown Cemetery 

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Hallowed Ground Cemetery Preservation LLC