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County museum hosts genealogy lecture on cemeteries
Olean Times Herald· 2 hours agoThe talk, “Within the Cemetery Gates,” will be given by Jeanette Sheliga, an educator, blogger, lecturer and librarian from Lockport. “Our ancestor’s...
C.R.’s Czech National Cemetery risks running out of money by August. How to help.
The Gazette· 5 days agoThirty-three years ago, Beth DeBoom’s mother was buried in CzechNational Cemetery — the same place...
Historians seek to add Pontiac cemetery to Underground Railroad Network for Freedom sites
Detroit News· 14 hours agoA coalition of Oakland County historians is working to nominate Pontiac's Oak Hill Cemetery, thought...
Shaler Township police escort soldier killed in Vietnam War to Arlington National Cemetery
WPXI· 5 days agoThe Shaler Township Police Department traveled to Virginia this week to escort a soldier killed in...
'Celebration of freedom' | The history of Juneteenth at Indy's Crown Hill Cemetery
WTHR Indianapolis· 1 day agoAs we celebrate Juneteenth, we are taking a closer look at several Hoosiers who played a pivotal...
John W. Jones statue unveiling June 22: Why Elmira is celebrating its 'American hero'
The Star Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJones kept such precise records that on Dec. 7, 1877, the federal government declared the burial...
National opinion: What a WWI cemetery in France means to every Arizonan
Arizona Daily Star· 6 days agoIt was a turning point in World War I, a key component of Marine Corps lore, and the final resting...
John Jones Museum to celebrate new statue unveiling
WETM Elmira via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) — The Elmira community is invited to celebrate one of the city’s historical figures this weekend. The John W. Jones Museum is getting...
Rock Island Arsenal honors members of Black regiment from Civil War in Juneteenth ceremony
Quad-City Times· 18 hours agoMembers of the 108th United States Colored Troops Regiment were honored in a Juneteenth ceremony...
'This is a person worth remembering': Freed-slave honored for Juneteenth
News Channel 5 Cleveland· 14 hours agoThe Juneteenth National Independence Day marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned that they had been freed two years earlier ...