Archive for “Evergreen Cemetery”
Evergreen Cemetery Records 1929-1993
John Shuck, the Volunteer Coordinator at Evergreen Cemetery, has extracted the burial records on microfilm at the Library of Virginia.
Plot maps for Evergreen Cemetery
A new site dedicated to the reclamation of Evergreen Cemetery has posted two maps of the cemeteries which illustrate the scale of the site.
There’s A House On Top of Grandma and We’re Not In Oz
Veronica Davis will present There’s A House On Top of Grandma and We’re Not In Oz on the history and future of the 4 cemeteries within the Evergreen Cemeteries on Saturday, January 29, 2011 from 11AM-12:30PM at the Black History Museum and Cultural Arts Center in Jackson Ward.
Modern Atelier sales benefit Evergreen Cemetery
Richmond parfumer Modern Atelier is donating $$$ to the volunteers at Evergreen Cemetery from sales of her Evergreen Cemetery scent: $5 from the sale of every bottle of the perfume (appropriately wild and evergreen!) goes straight to these volunteers to help buy tools, gas for weed eaters and lawnmowers, and other supplies. Modern Atelier donated [...]
Resurrecting history at Evergreen Cemetery
Phil Riggan recently toured Evergreen, spent a day working to clear a grave site, and comes away spreading the word of involvement: We picked a plot that had a suspected path next to it and by the end of the day the group had cleared two and a half plots and uncovered the path. Envisioning [...]
A good start at Evergreen Cemetery
The Penny Cemetery Fund’s big clean-up at Evergreen Cemetery was today. A rotating set of volunteers and a dedicated crew of men with chainsaws & a wood-chipper reclaimed at least a half-acre from the dense forest covering most of the 60+ acre cemetery. One of the more than 30 graves uncovered today was that of [...]
Evergreen Clean-up rescheduled for November
The big Evergreen Cemetery originally scheduled for this Saturday has been moved to Saturday, November 7th. Contact Deanna Lewis at deanna@pennycemeteryfund.org for more information about the clean-up or the Penny Cemetery Fund.
Penny Cemetery Fund announces Evergreen Cemetery clean-up
The Penny Cemetery Fund, an attempt to bring new sources of volunteers and funding to the reclamation of Evergreen Cemetery, is organizing a “a huge volunteer clean-up day” on Saturday, October 31st. The goal to is to clear one acre.
