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Beaver Island letter urges historically sensitive Township Cemetery repairs, 2009

Also Beaver Island Township Cemetery preservation 2009

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TypeEvent
Date2009-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
2009-05
Kind
Announcement
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
heritagereligioncommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

A May 2009 Beaver Beacon letter urged that work at the Township Cemetery preserve its old fence, trees, moss, natural contours, Unknown graves, and historical character.

Evidence limits

This is a resident’s preservation opinion, not a township work plan, cemetery survey, or official designation.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, May 2009, "Take Care of the Cemetery."
    Argues that cemetery repairs should preserve old fencing, trees, moss, natural contours, Unknown graves, and the site's historical character rather than over-modernize it. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the preservation letter.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island letter urges historically sensitive Township Cemetery repairs, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cemetery-preservation-letter-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2009, "Take Care of the Cemetery." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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