To All,
Marvelous article in today's New York Times National Report section on
cemeteries in Rhode Island. An excerpt with link to article: ..." Over the
years, interest in historic cemeteries rose and fell. Then Evelyn Wheeler, a
formidable woman of 67 living in restless retirement in Narragansett, sought
permission a few years ago to tidy up a local cemetery, but could find no
one in charge, either in town or in the state.
Faster than you could say Pardon Tillinghast, she pushed the state
legislature to resurrect a state commission on historic cemeteries. Dozens
of people attended the first meeting, at a senior citizens center in
Warwick. Plans were made to have volunteers clean up grave sites, identify
long-forgotten burial plots and bolster the efforts of local cemetery
commissions."...
http://select.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/us/29land.html