Jeannie,
We are going to miss the actual week; however, there will be an exciting
preservation effort taking place during the last two weeks in May in
Florida Township, Parke Co IN.
The Parke County Community Foundation has awarded a grant to the trustees
of the Mt Olivet Cemetery for the purpose of restoring a significant number
of tombstones in the oldest section of the cemetery, with death dates from
the 1830's. The Foundation seeks to reward volunteer community effort,
which has been evidenced by a reorganization of the Cemetery Association,
which had lain dormant for about 30 years.
Mark Davis and Helen Wildermuth are contracted to do the restoration and
will hold a workshop to demonstrate some repairs. While the workshop date
is not firm, it may be held on May 22. More specific details will be
available via this list and other avenues.
The PCCF hopes this restoration will provide the spark for others
interested in restoring and preserving Parke County cemeteries. Parke
County is fortunate to have an active Cemetery Commission which keeps
cemetery preservation in the public eye.
If our cemetery preservation or workshop fits within your calendar (if
extended?), I can let you know details of the workshop as they emerge. The
last two weeks in May are firm.
Sharon Mills
At 04:02 PM 2/26/2004, you wrote:
The Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology is going to
put together
the 2nd annual online calendar of events for Historic Preservation Week
(officially May 3-8 but we're including events from May 1-9). The theme
this year is "New Frontiers in Preservation". I'm sending out this email
earlier than I did last year with the hopes that if you don't already have
an event planned, you'll have the time to put something together and help
promote historic preservation. Let us know about your event. It doesn't
have to be a traditional preservation event (lectures, home tours, awards)
so if you have a function that you consider borderline, go ahead and submit
it. We'll do our best to include everything.
If you have something to submit, please send me the basic information about
it (name of event, a brief description, when it is, where it will take
place, cost and contact information) no later than Friday, April 23, 2004.
Some information may have to be edited. In an effort to make the calendar a
bit more visually enticing, we are also looking for photographs. If you
have held this event before and have photographs of it, we would be
interested in getting a copy. Send digital images to
awalker(a)dnr.state.in.us <mailto:awalker@dnr.state.in.us> or copies of
photos to Amy Walker, DHPA, 402 W. Washington St., Rm. W274, Indianapolis,
IN 46204-2739. Please include the subject of the photo and who we should
give credit to.
For more information about Historic Preservation Week go to
www.nthp.org/preservationweek/ <
http://www.nthp.org/preservationweek/>
The National Trust provides some background information about Historic
Preservation Week, ideas for events, and ways to promote your events. Read
through it and start planning!
Feel free to pass this along to anyone who might be interested in
participating.
Thanks for your efforts in promoting preservation.
Amy Walker
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Amy Walker
Survey & Registration Assistant
Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology
402 West Washington Street, Room W274
Indianapolis, IN 46203-2739
Ph 317/ 232-1646
Fax 317/ 232-0693
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