Join us for our fifth 'Stewards Roundtable' virtual event! Our speaker will be Dr. Dennis Montagna. Dr. Montagna is President, The Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) and Historian at the National Parks Service. His topics will cover gravestones, The Association for Gravestone Studies, visits to African American cemeteries and more. Session will take place on […]
Thirteen historic African American Cemeteries across Pennsylvania received grant funding in Spring 2023 from Pennsylvania Hallowed Grounds and Preservation Pennsylvania to assist in their ongoing preservation efforts. Hear about how these grants came to be and what was accomplished by grant administrators, cemetery stewards and their preservation consultants! Register on the Evenbrite linked below to […]
Join PA HALLOWED GROUNDS on April 15, 2025 at 7 p.m. via ZOOM for "Burial practices and Cemetery Laws in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" presented by Elizabeth Rairigh, the Preservation Services Division Manager at the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office. Rairigh's presentation will cover: o The history and current laws of the state burial practices […]