Local women work to restore community cemeteries
The Sashabaw Plains Daughters of the American Revolution organization has taken on a three-year project restoring Independence Township cemeteries.
Members are working with Township Supervisor Pat Kittle and Department of Public Works Director Dave McKee on restoring gravestones that are broken or toppled over.
The group washed stones at Sashabaw Plains Cemetery as part of their National Day of Service. Some of the earliest settlers to the eastern part of the town
ship in the 1830s are buried in the Sashabaw Plains Cemetery including one
Revolutionary War soldier.
Members will also be working with community partners and local students to learn about the history of the cemeteries and the people buried there.
Sashabaw Plains Regent Jennifer Harris said, “The cemeteries are like a museum of the people who were the pioneers of the area. The National D. A.R. has three missions – preservation, education and patriotism – and the cemetery project is preservation.”
The Daughters of the American Revolution, their partners and the township will be planning for the restoration of the cemetery gravestones in 2021. For more information, visit bit. ly/cemeteryrestoration.