CGN meetings and Symposium are held at the
South Senior Center, 70 Canterbury St., East Hartford
More info contact shapbrown@cox.net
Connecticut Gravestone Network
Annual Spring Symposium
April 4th, 2009
9am to 4pm
Admission is $10 pay at the door - $5 CGN members
Our Guest Host is East Hartford’s Friends of Center Cemetery
Location: South Senior Center in 70 Canterbury St., East Hartford
Just down from the junction of Maple and South Main St.s
Lectures:
9:30 AM Introduction For First Timers on Conservation Basics by Ruth Brown
This is a traditional offer at our symposiums to welcome new guests and help them understand the topics that CGN members are concerned about. Ruth’s focus is on recognizing what’s been lost before we move forward to protect what’s left.
10:30 AM Geer Cemetery Restoration by AGS member Joe Ferrannini
His personal adventure to rescue an abandoned family cemetery in the northern Rensselaer County, New York, Town of Pittstown. The presentation shows the transformation from a totally neglected, forgotten site, to a respectful final resting place.
11:30 AM a special presentation from Al Sargis of the New Britain Assyrian Cemetery who has created a fascinating software program that connects your genealogy and cemetery all in one a pleasant visual journey.
LUNCH BREAK
Time to socialize, visit vendors, carve some stone
or look at new books and information displayed by others.
1:30 PM The Restoration of the Huntington Tomb in Norwichtown by David Oat
This presentation will take through the various steps and discoveries from the archeology team that had to open the tomb and inventory the contents before they were removed for storage at the local funeral home to the repairs and accoutrements made for the returning of the remains and the dedication to one the greatest historical figures of our Connecticut’s Colonial History.
Depending on time David will also share some of the story regarding the vandalism of the Yantic Cemetery in spring of 2008 and the progress made in repairs since.
Door opens at 9:00 am with coffee and breakfast snacks ready.
Directions:
For more information contact Ruth Shapleigh-Brown shapbrown@cox.net or 860-643-5652
April 18 – 9am to 2pm Greenfield Hill Cem. Fairfield,CT
One of Fairfield's oldest with lots of family connections. CGN is working with local volunteers Resetting and Cleaning Stones. More info contact Melanie Marks TenisLady2@aol.com
April 25 – 10 am to 3pm Global Youth Day Volunteers
CGN will be working at Old South Burying Ground with local youth to clean and reset fallen stones. Good opportunity to visit this forgotten place. On Maple Ave & Benton St. in Hartford.
More info contact Ruth Brown shapbrown@cox.net
May 7 – 3:00pm Walk to Ancient Burying Ground, Main St., Hartford
First Thursday event leaving from the Butler McCook House on Main St.
Ty Tyron will in the courtyard doing some stone carving
and then Ruth Brown will be leading a tour of the Ancient Burying Ground.
For more info contact butler.mccook@ctlandmarks.org
May 16 – 10 am to 3pm Center Cemetery, Main St., East Hartford
Annual Activity Day & Open House Sponsored by Friends of Center Cemetery Hartford's Second Oldest Burying Place is celebrating their 300th Anniversary this year. More info contact Ruth Brown shapbrown@cox.net
June 9 -- 5:30 pm West Cemetery Tour located on Spencer St. (just off the Hwy)
Ruth Brown will be conducting a tour noting various iconography and historical connections about the family interred there. Sponsored by the Manchester Historical Society http://www.manchesterhistory.org/
June 10
10:00 AM:
Explore Civil War history, Yantic Cemetery
11:30 AM Discover Norwich’s Rich & Famous, Yantic Cemetery.
June 27 -
10AM:
Colonial Tombstones in Norwich, Norwichtown Burial Ground.
More info contact Tour Guide David Oat daveoat@gmail.com
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