Sharing exciting news from the "Friends of the Old Burying Ground" ("OBG") in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio

 A dedicated group of hearty volunteers of The Greenfield Historical Society in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio have been actively involved cleaning, repairing, and resetting grave markers to ultimately preserve the village's pioneer cemetery for decades to come - The Old Burying Ground, locally and lovingly, referred to as "The OBG". 

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Greenfield's other cemeteries include the newer Greenfield Cemetery and the Saint Joseph's Catholic Cemetery. 

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The historical society has always welcomed serious-minded volunteers to join them with their hands-on work, and now they are at the point where documentation of burials will be a focus for finishing up this restoration and preservation work.

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The "OBG" does have its own website the volunteers have created for it called "Friends of the OBG" that can be referenced at any time. 

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An aerial image of the Old Burying Ground has been created that shows by number the location of individual gravesites. 

See Below.:

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Here is a link to the online master listing of burials at the Old Burying Ground as it stands thus far. 

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Here is a link to the Old Burying Ground on "Find A Grave."

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The Greenfield Historical Society is also on Facebook!

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Below is a photo taken August 10, 2018 by Michael Lee Anderson.  

Michael Lee has been a regular volunteer working alongside John King, as well as Scott and Venus Andersen, and Jackie Doles doing the needed repairs during the monthly work sessions at the OBG.  This photo gives a view of the work in progress at the Old Burying Ground, which is adjacent to the Travellers Rest built by Noble Crawford in 1812. 

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A tremendous amount of respect and history have been restored to the Old Burying Ground and for those interred in it because of the interest and devotedness of the volunteers with the Greenfield Historical Society!  

"The African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act" - Proposed Legislation for passage in the U. S. Senate by Senator Sherrod Brown and Senator Mitt Romney to better protect and preserve African American Burial Grounds in the United States

A link has been set up on the right sidebar of the blog for anyone interested in including their signature of support for passage of "The African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act" in the U. S. Senate. 

Below is information is from "Heritage Ohio":

"The bill authorizes a $3 million grant program to aid efforts across the country to identify, document, preserve, research, and interpret historic African American burial grounds. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) just introduced S. 3667 in the Senate. Next week, Representatives Alma Adams (D-NC) and Rep. Don McEachin (D-VA) will introduce the same bill in the U.S. House of Representatives.

"We can all help this bill succeed by demonstrating widespread support for the African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act. 

Please, join us in signing this letter of support. 

Share it with any other groups who share these goals. 

Together with staff from the Congressional staff sponsoring the legislation, we'll maintain a running list of supporters."

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Thank you!

"Local Cemetery Conservation: Historic Mortar Infill" - Video by Jonathan Appell