* Shirley Center Cemetery History Lecture

Opening night for the Shirley Center Cemetery display. Come learn about the history of the residents of Shirley who are buried in this historical cemetery. Revoutionary War, Civil War Veterans and other historically important people in the town rest in Center Cemetery. There will be PowerPoint presentation with photos of stones taken by both Barbara Yocum and Catherine Lahousse. A rough outline of topics covered in the program is below.

Center Cemetery Program

General intro to land and first burial
History of cemetery art
Display rubbings on display 

Materials used for headstones 

Carvers/Monument Makers of the stones

Differences between:
monuments
“cenotaph”
Tombs
Mounds
Crypt
Enclosures
Head and foot stones

Mystery - Stones move?
Little
Brown
On display – one found in Hearse House

Shirley celebrities
Jonathan Parker
First burial
Rev. Whitney
Rev, Chandler
MacKaye stone
Space program

How to locate family burials, etc.
Local lists
Find A Grave

Still active cemetery – who to contact, etc.

Issues with cemetery care

What’s in the future for Center Cemetery?


 

• Saturday, September 9 at 7 PM - 9 PM Next Week

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