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Membership Meeting

November 5, 2008

A Grave Situation:
Old Wintonbury Cemetery

This Meeting will showcase the Old Wintonbury Cemetery . It will feature a variety of speakers. Each is allotted five minutes, so this will not be boring! We hope this will leave you wanting to learn more and perhaps pitch in yourself!

Cemetery View

Fred Hesketh
(Town of Bloomfield Historian)
will share his research on the founding and history of The Old Wintonbury Cemetery and the others in town.

Gravestones

Sol Cushman
will explain how and why he has been cataloging the graves.

Cemetery Fence

Bruce Bidwell
will talk about the fence and gates donated by his family.

Damaged Gravestones

Ty Tryon
(Board of Directors, Ancient Burying Ground Association)

will tell how and why we can help, "hands-on", care for the stones.

The woods are invading

Pat Robair
(Friends of Old Wintonbury Cemetery)

will tell you how we can, together, preserve this centerpiece of our town's history.

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