This beautiful old Cemetery is located on East 118th Street in
the midst of a busy urban area of Cleveland, Ohio. For the most
part, the Cemetery is inactive, there are very few new burials. The
Cemetery is now owned and operated by the East Cleveland Township
Cemetery Foundation. The mission of the Foundation is to own and
maintain the East Cleveland Township Cemetery as a historic
landmark, to restore, preserve and share the cemetery's pioneer
Victorian heritage and to build a solid financial foundation for
the cemetery's future. As of this date 17,216 people have been
confirmed to be buried in East Cleveland Cemetery. It is believed
there are additional individuals not yet identified.
Some of the more important burials and memorials in the East
Cleveland Township Cemetery include, but are not limited to:
Collinwood School Fire Memoriam where some of the children who died
as a result of the Collinwood School fire of 1908 were buried in
East Cleveland Cemetery.
Veterans of the the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War,
Civil War, Indian War, Spanish American War, World Wars l and ll,
Korean, and the Vietnam War were also buried in East Cleveland
Cemetery. The Foundation is still 'finding' veterans but the count
is over 435 from the various conflicts buried in the Cemetery.
The first C.I.T.O. event here held on November 9, 2008, as well
as the subsequent C.I.T.O. events, was such a huge success thanks
to all the wonderful volunteers who came out to spend a cold and
wet Sunday with us!! After seeing the coating of leaves on the
ground, it was hard to believe there was green grass under there -
- but everyone, and we mean everyone, rolled up their sleeves,
grabbed a rake and a tarp, and did an unbelievable job!! It has
been our personal pleasure to be able to host these events and give
back to the community in a way that welcomes us back each year for
more. We will continue to host these C.I.T.O. events here as long
as there is work to be done.
Words cannot express enough how impressed we were and how much
we truly appreciated the turn out and all the gracious volunteer
help. The Foundation was absolutely shocked with the amount of
leaves everyone was able to pile and line the cemetery drive. The
look on their faces at the end of the day was, as they say,
priceless.
Other tasks:
- Paint new shed
- Rake and shred 'spiky balls' sweet gum
- Cemetery section markers
- Scrape and paint leaf vacuum
- Any other tasks we can help with
When:
Sunday, 05/16/2010. Please plan to arrive at 9:00 a.m. so we can
coordinate our efforts. We will start our clean-up efforts at 10:00
a.m. and our efforts will probably be completed around 3:00 p.m.
depending on the number of attendees.
What to bring:
Bring work/latex gloves, grabbers and buckets, if you have them (5
gallon buckets work great for carrying litter)! It is highly
recommended that you wear a long-sleeve shirt and jeans, and a
decent pair of shoes. And as with any event held here in the
Cleveland area, please dress for the weather, as appropriate. For
those of you that have lawn chairs, you may want to bring one with
you, just in case.
What else?
We are planning a pot-luck picnic around noon, so bring a dish to
share. There are tables and electricity inside the heated chapel
for our use, a good functioning restroom, and 2 charcoal grills
available. We will be providing the hot dogs, buns,
ketchup/mustard, and the charcoal for the grill. The East Cleveland
Township Cemetery Foundation has generously offered to provide
bottled water, some soft drinks, hot water for tea and cocoa, and
brewed coffee.
* * Please post what food item(s) you can bring in your 'will
attend' log. * *