This CITO will take place at the Historic Union Cemetery. Event time will be from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. We will help pick up litter as well as various tree projects that have been requested by cemetery representatives. Supplementing the day will be an optional tour of the grounds from a local historian. This option will take place from 8:30 to 10:00 AM. If you are interested in this event and have any questions, feel free to message me and I can explain it further. This is a souvenir CITO day.
Step back in time and explore the history of Bakersfield. As you stroll through the Pioneers Sections, you'll see the graves of Col. Baker, Captain Elisha Stephens, Solomon Jewett, Henry Jastro, Benjamin Brundage, George Chester, Besse E. Owens, soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic, and many other sites of interest.
On these sacred grounds lie early pioneers, city founders, soldiers of the Civil War on both sides, and the man for whom our city is named. Historic Union Cemetery is more than a memorial park. It is the storybook of the American West. Bakersfield’s emergence into a significant urban, agricultural and oil center, and of countless families who, since 1872, have forever merged their own histories with the heritage of this remarkable place.
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