Hobo's Cemetery Improvement Tidying & Overhaul #1 Cache In Trash Out® Event

You are invited to participate as we do our part in maintaining Rhode Island's historic cemeteries, one at a time. Please join us for Hobo's Cemetery Improvement, Tidying, and Overhaul (CITO) event, the first of many cleanups that will focus on these neglected or time-worn sites.

Cemetery Data

• Number of burials - 41 (36 engraved, 5 fieldstones)
  
• Oldest burial - 1793
  
• Most recent burial - 1895
  
• Dimensions - 90' x 100', walled with iron gate

“On the Cowesett Road a short distance west from Ladd watering place on the Vaughn place, a burial yard of the family, walled neglected”

James Arnold (15 Jan 1894)

Please be sure to have the necessary items on hand. This may include the following:

Work gloves
Pruning shears
Yard debris bags
Hand saw
*Boards (2"x4"x3')
Camera

Rake
Shovel
*Bar clamps
Water bottle
Pickup truck
Positive Attitude

On-site/Arrival Instructions

NOTE: Access to this cemetery is through private property! Although we have both permission and eager support from the homeowner, please respect the homeowner's property and privacy at all times.

• Parking is on the street. Do not block driveways and carpool if at all possible.
  
• The cemetery can be reached by passing through the gate on the north side of the house. The cemetery gate is along the north side of the yard. Please keep the gates closed when not in use! There will likely be signs posted for easier navigation.
  
• Please be careful while working in the cemetery. Safety is top priority, both of the volunteers and of the stones.
  
• Watch out for thorns, poison ivy, and ticks.