Sand Springs Cemetery Traditional Cache
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Welcome to the Sand Springs Cemetery Cache.
Please be respectful while you visit this beautiful and peaceful place.
From the registry located on the cemetery grounds (as written):
IN THE 1930 DECADE, PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT FORMED THE CCC, (Civilian Conservation Corps), AND THE WPA (Works Progress Administration), FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUNG MEN DURING THE DEPRESSION.
THE WPA READ AND RECORDED THE INSCRIPTIONS OF MOST TOMBSTONES IN MOST CEMETERIES IN DELAWARE CO. AS WELL AS MOST OTHER COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
THESE RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE IN LIBRARIES, CITY HALLS, AND THE MANCHESTER HAS A BASEMENT ROOM DEVOTED TO THE HISTORIES OF COUNTY CEMETERIES AND THE LOCATIONS OF EACH.
THESE RECORDS CAN BE OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO ANYONE DOING A GENEALOGY RESEARCH.
TOMBSTONES READ 85 YRS. AGO WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE LEGIBLE THAN TODAY, BUT THERE ARE METHODS OF READING THESE OLD STONES.
CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN HOWEVER, NOT TO DESTROY WHAT LITTLE INSCRIPTION REMAINS.
SINCE THIS RESTING PLACE HAS BEEN RESTORED, A RENEWED INTEREST HAS PROMPTED NEW BURIALS AS WELL AS NEW STONES PLACED FOR FUTURE USE.
THE SOUTH FORK TRUSTEES ARE DUTY BOUND TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR BURIAL SITES.
I HAVE INCLUDED A PAGE IDENTIFYING THE MOST RECENT BURIALS AND PLACEMENT OF NEW MARKERS.
ALSO, SOME ARE HISTORY, PHOTOS OF RECENT MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES, AND BLANK PAGES FOR ANY VISITOR TO MAKE COMMENTS.
WE MUST REMEMBER THAT THIS IS NOT A PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY AND WILL DEPEND ON VOLUNTEERS TO KEEP IT IN A RESPECTABLE CONDITION.
ANYONE WISHING TO ADD TO THE RESTORATION, LIKE PLANTING TREES, ADDING NEW GRAVE MARKERS, ETC., SHOULD CONTACT SOUTH FORK TWP. TRUSTEES.
TO THE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN THAT LIE HERE, “MAY THEY REST IN PEACE”.
ROBERT M. FIRST, VOLUNTEER, DEL. CO. PIONEER CEMETERY ASSOC.
Good Luck and have fun!
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