The Woodlawn Cemetery, in the Bronx, is the final resting place of more than 8,500 individuals who served our nation in the U.S. Armed Forces. Each year volunteers place flags on veterans’ gravesites in the lead-up to Memorial Day. Volunteers receive maps that pinpoint locations
The New York State Department of State announced its first annual “Caring for Your Cemetery Day” will take place Saturday, April 27, 2024. The Department of State is launching this campaign to work with cemeteries to welcome volunteers to help prepare for the Spring season
The Historical Society of Middletown, located in Delaware County, will be conducting a headstone cleaning program in May. Volunteers with the Historical Society of Middletown will be cleaning monuments at cemeteries in an around Middletown using a safe and effective cleansing agent. A donation of
With the warmer weather, tours are being offered in April at some of the larger cemeteries in New York. Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx will offer a “Connection to the Titanic” tour on Sunday, April 14. Woodlawn is the final resting place to a dozen
Friends of the Lakeview Cemetery in Patchogue will be having a clean-up day on Saturday, April 6 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Work will include picking up leaves, litter and tree limbs, and removing invasive plants as part of the group’s Union Cemetery Restoration
