CUMBERLAND HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION SCHEDULES HISTORIC CEMETERY CLEANUP
In conjunction with the town’s annual Yellow Bag Day, the Cumberland Historic District Commission is organizing an extensive cleanup of the town’s forty Historic Cemeteries. Volunteers are needed for a few hours daily from April 1 through April 7, 2024. Hours for cleanup will be 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon and 4:00 PM-6:00 PM every day.
Volunteers will rake, bag leaves, trim bushes, pick up trash and make note of broken/fallen headstones. Leaf bags and yellow trash bags will be provided. Volunteers are asked to arrive at the first cemetery listed on the following schedule fifteen minutes before the starting times of 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM. Directions will then be given as to what cemetery they will be assigned to clean. Please wear comfortable clothes, heavy gardening gloves and bring a sturdy rake and garden shears (if you have them). Whatever time that people can give would be greatly appreciated!
CUMBERLAND CEMETERY CLEANUP SCHEDULE: 2024
April 1, 2024-Monday
CU 018 Nate Whipple Highway- The Pickering/Staples Family Lot-Near NCMS
CU 017 Nate Whipple Highway- The Staples Family Lot-opposite Cumb. Land Trust area
CU 016 Nate Whipple Highway-The Weeden Family Lot---near Mendon Road
April 2, 2024-Tuesday
CU 013, CU 014, CU 015 Mendon Road-The Brown Bartlett and Carpenter Family Cemeteries- on CHS property
CU 009 Mendon Road- The Ballou Cemetery-next to Veterinary Hospital
CU 010 Mendon Road-St. John’s Episcopal Cemetery-next to Veterinary Hospital
April 3, 2024-Wednesday
CU 027 Elder Ballou Meeting House Road-Elder Ballou Cemetery
CU 028 Elder Ballou Meeting House Road-Whipple Smith Cemetery
April 4, 2024- Thursday
CU 004 Dexter Street- Bates Family Plot
CU 004 Dexter Street- Cumberland Cemetery
CU 032 Angell Road-Wilkinson Cemetery
CU 001 High Street- St. Patrick’s Cemetery
April 5, 2024-Friday
CU 029 Reservoir Road-Darling/Streeter Family Lot (inside Diamond Hill Cemetery)
CU 008 Mendon Road- St. Joseph Cemetery
CU 022 Nate Whipple Highway- Evergreen Cemetery
CU 023 Nate Whipple Highway-Arnold Mills Cemetery
April 6, 2024-Saturday
CU 038 Reservoir Road-Whipple/Long Family Plot
CU 024 Reservoir Road-Old and New Diamond Hill Cemetery
CU 025 Reservoir Road-Old and New Diamond Hill Cemetery
April 7, 2024-Sunday
CU 019 Abbott Run Valley Road-The Peck Cemetery
CU 020 Abbott Run Valley Road-Pierce Cemetery
CU 021 Abbott Run Valley Road- The Metcalf/Pierce Cemetery
CU 005 Curran Road-Cemetery of St. Basil the Great
CU 006 Curran Road Mt. Calvary Cemetery
If time permits: The following also need attention!
- CU 040 Teal Lane- Unknown Cemetery
- CU 011 Diamond Hill Road-Our Lady of Atonement Cemetery-Monastery Property
- CU 012 Diamond Hill Road –Nine Men’s Misery Cairn-Monastery Property
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