You wouldn’t imagine history could come alive in a cemetery until you talk with Pegee Malcolm.
Malcolm is chair of both the Warwick Historic Cemeteries Commission and the Rhode Island …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/8/24
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Archie and Lulu Van Griffin, whose headstone was discovered in a closet at Brown University on Jan. 17, 2017 by Jack Wrenn, a PhD student at the time was recently moved by members of the Warwick …
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12/14/23
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The twister churned the cemetery grounds, mixing earth and mighty trees and bending grave markers perpendicular to the souls interred beneath.
The spinning winds struck Johnston where the town …
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8/24/23
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Just after lunch on January 17, 2017, Jack Wrenn, a PhD student at the time, wandered around parts of Brown University’s campus where he “shouldn’t be” with his friend who …
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By DANA RICHIE
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8/10/23
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He wore the Union blue wool jacket which was fully buttoned and sported two stars on the epaulets. Beneath a broad rimed hat with tassels, General George Sears Greene smiled widely.
He moved to …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/18/23
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One of the Union’s Civil War heroes who defended Culp’s Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg from a far larger Confederate force, General George Sears Greene, will visit his tomb …
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5/4/23
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A few scattered rain drops and a strong southerly wind didn’t stop members of the Warwick Historic Cemetery Commission from turning out in numbers last Saturday for the fall cleanup of Brayton …
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12/7/22
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By ANNELISE DEMERS
Cleaning up cemeteries might sound like the plot of a horror movie but to the nine members of the Warwick Historical Cemetery Commission, it’s a passion.
“Most …
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6/22/22
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Artena Fairbairn and Jena, Eiri and Darroch Fairbairn-Summers attended the Brayton Cemetery Scavenger Hunt on Saturday. This event was part of the RI Historical Cemeteries Awareness Weeks. Here they …
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5/18/22
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When Sean Dunn, a member of the Save Sand Pond Association, started cutting the grass and cleaning up the litter collecting in the historical cemetery next to the pond, he voiced his annoyance at the …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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3/30/22
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A spring tradition The Warwick Historic Cemeteries Commission joined scores of volunteers Saturday for the spring cleanup of the Brayton Cemetery in Apponaug. It was a big scale effort made all the more possible by a roll off box provided by the city
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4/22/21
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Remembering The cemetery at City Park, where those who lived in the city's "poor farm" were buried was colorfully decorated this past weekend. (Warwick Beacon photo)
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4/8/21
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By JOHN HOWELL It wasn't easy work. The rain and wet snow from the night before was now ice and the leaves were frozen. But that didn't stop about 40 volunteers from fanning out with rakes, leaf blowers and their bare hands Sunday morning in the biggest
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By JOHN HOWELL
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12/10/20
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