| Beverly Cadigan, New Gloucester Historical Society |
The next New Gloucester Historical Society program will be April 20, 2023, at 7:00 pm in the Meetinghouse, next to the Town Hall.
The subject will be “The History of New Gloucester Cemeteries and the New Gloucester Cemetery Association” presented by Phil Blake and Beverly Cadigan with photographic accompaniment by Tom Blake.
Please join us to learn about our Town Cemeteries.
There will be lots of pictures and discussion will include the following:
— History of New Gloucester Cemeteries – The First Cemetery
— Care and Maintenance of the Cemeteries through the 1800’s and early 1900’s
— Why and How the New Gloucester Cemetery Association Was Formed
and Its Current Legal Status
— New Gloucester Cemeteries Today… Their Care and Management
and Their Ownership
— History of Cemetery Associations in Maine
— List of Organizations That Provide Education and Information to Municipalities and Cemetery Associations regarding Maine Cemeteries and Maine Cemetery Laws
— Maine Statutes regarding Cemeteries and Burial Grounds
Historical Society programs are always free and open to all. Refreshments will be served.
