Wire Fence Removal at FINNEY CEMETERY

Permission has been granted to remove the old wire fence from around the Finney Cemetery with the exception of the line of fence running parallel with Finney Road. We will discuss when and how to best remove it at the next meeting unless someone gets inspired to do it before July 26th. We CANNOT leave the wire on the property, that was the only condition the property owner made. Recyclers unite!!

St. John’s U.C.C. at Mantels (near Krakow)

This Saturday Marc will meet with a gentleman from St. John’s U.C.C. at Mantels (near Krakow) to see if the old cemetery there will be a good candidate for restoration. He’ll be in touch as soon as he gets the details hammered out.

Odd Fellows Cemetery Schedule

Schedule:

July 5 and July 13; 4:30 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Washington.

With so many new folks joining, the Odd Fellows Cemetery will be used as a teaching tool for the proper techniques of cleaning, repair and resetting. There is plenty to do there and it is all very much appreciated.

Calendar of Cemetery-related Events:

Saturday, May 21: The ‘Veterans Hall of Honor’ will be officially dedicated at the historic courthouse in Union.

Saturday, May 28: Annual Odd Fellows memorial service, followed by a presentation by county commissioner Terry Wilson and a tour of veterans graves at the cemetery. Begins at 9:00. Free Lunch!!

Sunday, May 29: To celebrate Washington’s founding date, the Washington Historical Society will host a “tour” of the Bassora Cemetery / Krog Park at 1:00 p.m.

James Cemetery -- Pacific

Saturday, May 14 at 9:00 a.m., meet at the James Cemetery in Pacific. We’ve been rained and or flooded out twice, but we’re going to try really hard to make it happen! Please join us there.

KROG PARK Probe

Krog Park, probing for and unearthing headstones – Thursday, May 5th at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday beginning at 9:00 a.m. Come rediscover the history of Washington (and Bassora!).

New Tombstone Bases Fabricated

Last Saturday, April 30, several of our members converged on the Odd Fellows building to fabricate bases for five headstones at our Cheatham-Gibson-Coleman Cemetery project. All the bases were made and are at the Lodge building curing. I’m hopeful that one or two more trips to this project site will finish things up! Thanks to those who helped. Some work was also done at the Odd Fellows Cemetery.