Restoration & Maintenence of Bachelors Grove Cemetery – Illinois USA
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The turn out for the June 27th clean-up was another success. Most of the attention was on the house foundation located near the roped off entrance to the main path leading to the cemetery. Over 25 bags of garbage were collected and most of the large items have been removed from this particular area. More work is needed but all of the volunteers did an excellent job and a lot of progress has been made! The location is starting to look better than it has in probably 70 years based on the age of the material found so far. You should be very proud of yourselves!
The cemetery itself remained fairly clean from the May 2nd event and visitors have been using the garbage bags placed at the main gate so it has made a huge difference in the efforts. A big thank you goes out to those of you using the bags to properly dispose of your material and to the visitors that help dispose of the full bags when the GRP is not on site! It certainly allows the volunteers to focus more of their time in other areas that need attention and of course it is simply a joy not to see a bunch of junk everywhere. Good work!
A few photographs were captured during the event and can be found in the 2009 Gallery. There are more clean-ups being scheduled for next month and we look forward to seeing you all there!
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A permit to help clean up the cemetery has been issued for Saturday, June 27th 2009 from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM. The permit was granted solely for the purpose of a clean-up that will only consist of removing the trash that has been left behind by visitors to the cemetery. At this point in time all permits that require the use of cutting tools are still on-hold. Please do not bring any other items besides those recommended below.
The main area of attention will be the main path leading to the cemetery as well as a hidden area where there used to be a house. The location where this particular house was located had remained undisclosed due to being a hazard to the public. Further details on the location to the remains of this house will be sent via email to all volunteers.
The only items you should bring are a pair of gloves, a few garbage bags, bug spray and possibly a pick-up stick if you have one.
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