A local cemetery containing the burial sites of American Revolutionary War veterans had become overgrown and was being used as a dumping ground. Students from McNicholas High School and a local American Legion post are working together to clean up the cemetery. The cemetery is located near an airport and is the final resting place of at least seven veterans from the American Revolutionary War.
What we know
- Students from McNicholas High School have been participating in the cleanup effort since the fall of 2022, with a group of 14 or 15 students working on the project four or five Saturdays each school year.
- The students' work has expanded to include researching the history of the soldiers believed to be buried at the cemetery, including Sgt. William Brown, a recipient of the Badge of Military Merit.
- The group has found and restored the original headstone for William Allen, and hopes to recover and mount additional original headstones in the future.
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