The year ended with a substantial addition to the efforts to preserve and restore the Old Clarkesville Cemetery, thanks to the Norton Family Fund at the North Georgia Community Foundation. The grant, recorded on Dec. 18, 2020, is much appreciated during a challenging time for nonprofit fundraising, said Historic Clarkesville Cemetery Preservation Inc. fundraising committee chair …
Chamber hosts unveiling event at Old Clarkesville Cemetery
Beneath a smiling midday sun shining down from the high blue skies of autumn, an enthusiastic crowd gathered to honor one young man’s commitment to documenting community history.
History among the Hemlocks canceled for 2020
The History Among the Hemlocks event is canceled for 2020. Members of the Historic Clarkesville Cemetery Preservation, Inc. Board of Directors look forward to sharing the stories of the Old Clarkesville Cemetery in the fall of 2021.There are plans for other special events in the works that we look forward to sharing soon.Thank you for …
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Scout documents history at Old Clarkesville Cemetery
“I wanted to take this project and be able to show the beauty of Georgia's old hemlocks and to show the age of these trees." – Joseph McGahee
Old Clarkesville Cemetery honors fallen
E. Lane Gresham/Historic Clarkesville Cemetery Preservation, Inc. In advance of Memorial Day, military personnel lost in long-ago wars were honored at the Old Clarkesville Cemetery. On May 23, Polly Earle, a member of the Historic Clarkesville Cemetery Preservation, Inc. Board of Directors replaced faded flags at the cemetery. Joined by Prynne Reason Dockery, 4, of …
