News from Friends of Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery
May 2020 News from the Silent City on the Hill – by Dirk J. Siedlecki, President of the Friends of Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery
Submitted for the May 2020 issue – Sponsored by Carefree Buffalo and The Pot Rack
Our Past Meets the Present – Perhaps a Future Story to be Shared?—Little did our Research Committee even begin to think […]
April 2020 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
The daffodils, snowdrops and other spring flowers made an even earlier appearance this year by showing up and starting to bloom in mid-February. This is always a welcome sight as it marks the beginning of […]
March 2020 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
We are looking forward to spring and warmer weather to commence work on a number of projects that we have lined up. Our replacement Interpretive Panels arrived in January and will be installed throughout the […]
Rules for Mushroom Hunters in Historic Cemetery – from City of Jacksonville Cemetery Commission
Over the past couple of years we have noticed a sizeable increase in the number of people walking and driving the grounds of the Jacksonville Cemetery in search of mushrooms. Unfortunately this has lead to […]
February 2020 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
2020: a New Year and new beginnings!
Before I go into our year-end report, I want to thank all of the volunteers who helped make 2019 such a successful and rewarding year. All that was accomplished […]
December 2019/January 2020 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
I was invited to speak at the fall Conference of the Cemetery Association of Oregon in Hood River on October 17 and 18, 2019. The organization is made up of cemetery owners and operators and […]
November 2019 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
My sincerest congratulations to our cast of sixteen players who delivered an outstanding performance, twenty-two times, during this year’s Meet the Pioneers on October 4 and 5. Backing them up and making everything run smoothly […]
October 2019 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
UPDATE: This event for 2019 is now SOLD OUT!
I hope by the time you are reading this October edition of the Jacksonville Review you have already purchased your tickets for this year’s show. If not, […]
September 2019 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
I would like to start by sincerely thanking our wonderful docents for the great talks and tours they gave this summer for our History Saturday in the Cemetery, and our Tuesday Evening Cemetery Stroll programs. The […]
August 2019 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
Thank you!—It’s been a very busy summer and much has been accomplished and projects taken off of our “to do” list. The metal bollards on either side of the Cemetery entrance gates have […]