Preservation

Cemeteries are an important feature of our state's diverse heritage. In addition to marking the final resting places of our ancestors, they yield information about our state's social, religious, artistic, and cultural heritage. They also may contain genealogical information that cannot be found anywhere else.

Deterioration from human intervention and natural forces such as weathering, uncontrolled vegetation, and insensitive development threaten our historic cemeteries. The involvement of individuals and organizations with an interest and commitment to saving local history and culture is critical to protecting and preserving the state's historic cemeteries.  

In protecting the historic cemeteries, you may be protecting the burial site of your Revolutionary War ancestors.

The photographs below show burial sites of the famous which are cared for and those of the unknown who have been abandoned.