Olivewood Cemetery Cleanup

Check the Heights 225 Calendar for our next visit to Olivewood!

Cemetery Cleanup Crew. We even found a brother.

While many attended the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, members of Heights 225 opted to help with cemetery maintenance at Olivewood Cemetery. Olivewood is an African American cemetery close to Glenwood cemetery and is nearly as old, but unlike Glenwood, has not been properly maintained. After four hours of aggressive yard work, the overgrowth yielded a number of impressive grave sites including that of a grand secretary of Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the Black organization that paralleled the I.O.O.F. For all the efforts of the lodge members, a good six acres remains untouched. Olivewood is an ongoing project of Heights 225.

 

 

Olivewood Cemetery Cleanup - Part II

Cemetery Cleanup Crew.

Once again we returned to Olivewood to make more progress on cleaning up this historic cemetery. For more information on this historical landmark, visit the Descendants of Olivewood website.

More photos of the cleanup crew in action...

...and the lunch afterwards.

Olivewood Cemetery Cleanup - Part III

The Day Poison Ivy Attacks!